PLG Growth Data Scientist: Lead Analytics & Experiments

Netlify; United States; Remote; USD 204,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Robust benefits

Job summary

Netlify’s Data team helps the company understand the full product‑led growth journey, from activation and engagement through conversion, retention, and monetization. We’re hiring a Senior Staff Data Scientist to deepen how data shapes our product and growth strategy.

You’ll turn complex data into hypotheses, experiments, and recommendations that influence where we invest and what we build. This role is highly autonomous and requires moving from identifying important questions to shaping the

Qualifications

• 8+ years in product analytics, growth analytics, or data science with PLG or consumer outcomes
• Ability to turn behavioral data into hypotheses and run experiments
• Experience building analytical systems like metrics layers or semantic models
• AI-native approach to analysis and automation
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders with analytical reasoning
• Comfort working autonomously in ambiguous problems
• Strong written and verbal communication in distributed teams

Responsibilities

• Own the analytical understanding of Netlify’s PLG performance across activation to retention
• Partner with product and engineering to define tests and measure results
• Lead experimentation from hypothesis to decision with study design and metrics
• Apply statistical rigor and determine when to act
• Build scalable analytical systems and AI-powered agents
• Use AI to accelerate investigation and automate recurring work
• Identify gaps in measurement and instrumentation and close them
• Serve as trusted analytical partner to PLG leadership
• Influence product strategy with evidence and judgment

Skills

Product analytics

Growth analytics

Data science

Experimentation

Statistical rigor

AI-powered analysis

Stakeholder influence

Autonomy

Written communication

Job description

Netlify’s Data team helps the company understand the full product‑led growth journey, from activation and engagement through conversion, retention, and monetization. We’re hiring a Senior Staff Data Scientist to deepen how data shapes our product and growth strategy.

You’ll turn complex data into hypotheses, experiments, and recommendations that influence where we invest and what we build. This role is highly autonomous and requires moving from identifying important questions to shaping the