Senior Data Scientist

Automattic; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead cross-functional data initiatives. In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate with diverse teams to drive data-informed decision-making for sophisticated products. Your expertise in statistical analysis, machine learning, and data modeling will be essential in translating complex data into actionable strategies. This fully-remote position offers a competitive salary and an open vacation policy, emphasizing a culture of flexibility and work-life balance. If you're passionate about leveraging data to influence product and growth strategies, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Open vacation policy

Competitive base salary

Remote work flexibility

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Disability-related accommodations

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data science or analytics, preferably in a SaaS environment.
• Strong analytical skills with expertise in statistical methods and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Develop data-driven strategies for products to enhance publishing and commerce.
• Mentor data scientists and analysts, driving company-wide data initiatives.

Skills

Data Analysis

Statistical Analysis

Machine Learning

Predictive Modeling

Experimentation

Python

SQL

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Master's Degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

Matplotlib

Seaborn

Hadoop

Spark

Job description

Automattic is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to drive cross-functional data initiatives at our globally distributed company.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving data-informed decision-making for sophisticated products that democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging. You will collaborate closely with Product, Growth, Engineering, Design, and Business teams to uncover insights, shape strategy, and enhance user experiences.

As part of a centralized data science team, you will develop and implement advanced data models, design and execute experiments, and conduct in-depth analyses. Working alongside analysts and engineers embedded within diverse business units, you will translate complex data into actionable strategies that drive customer and business impact.

This role requires strong analytical expertise, familiarity with SaaS business models, and the ability to distill complex data into strategic recommendations. Additionally, you will inform the technical direction, provide strategic guidance on execution, and uphold the quality of data science and analytics initiatives across the company.

Primary Responsibilities

• Employ technical expertise in quantitative analysis, advanced statistics, experimentation, and data mining to develop data-driven strategies for products that democratize publishing and commerce.
• Proactively identify, define, and test opportunities and levers to enhance the product, ensuring data-driven decision-making that drives measurable business and customer impact. Translate insights into actionable recommendations that influence roadmaps and strategic investments.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of advanced data analysis techniques and statistical models across multiple business units.
• Design and drive company-wide data initiatives, shaping the direction of data analytics and insights to support strategic decisions.
• Mentor and guide data scientists and analysts.
• Partner with Growth, Product, Engineering, Design, and senior leadership to inform, influence, and execute product and growth strategies, leveraging key insights to drive measurable, company-wide impact.
• Communicate complex strategic insights and recommendations to non-technical stakeholders, facilitating data-driven decision-making at the highest levels of the company.

Technical Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or a related role within a tech company, preferably SaaS, working with large-scale, complex, product-focused data sets to drive measurable business impact.
• Strong expertise in experimentation, statistical analysis (e.g., hypothesis testing, t-tests, regression analysis, time series analysis, bootstrapping), machine learning, and predictive modeling.
• Proficiency in Python and key data science libraries, including Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, and Seaborn.
• Fluency using distributed SQL query engines like Hive, Presto, or Trino.
• Familiarity with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark).

Salary range: $90,000-$160,000 USD. Please note that salary ranges are global, regardless of location, and we pay in local currency.

We are searching for high-caliber candidates with the skills and qualities to have a net positive for Automattic. Pay will reflect the potential contribution and the impact you can bring, which may, in some cases, go beyond the range stated.

We’re pleased to offer a straightforward, competitive base salary, providing financial clarity without complex variable components. This isn’t your typical work-from-home job—we are a fully-remote company with an open vacation policy. Read more about our compensation philosophy. To see a full list of benefits by country, consult our Benefits Page. And check out these links to learn more about How We Hire and What We Expect from Ourselves.

About Automattic

We’re the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, Simplenote, Jetpack, Longreads, Day One, PocketCasts, and more. We believe in making the web a better place.

We’re a distributed company with more than 1700 Automatticians in nearly every corner of the globe, speaking over a hundred different languages. Enriched by this diversity, we’re united by a singular mission: to democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging so anyone with a story can tell it, anyone with a product can sell it, and everyone can manage their communications from a single source. In short, we help maintain a balance in society, creating and continually refining powerful tools people can use to compete fairly—regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world.

We believe in Open Source, and the vast majority of our work is available under the GPL. Automattic is a Most Loved Company and Disability Confident Committed. (Here’s what that might mean for you.) Learn more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion and our Employee Resource Groups.

If you need disability-related accommodations during the application or interview process, please fill out this form. We are committed to ensuring an accessible hiring process for all candidates.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.