Senior Data Scientist – Growth & Experimentation

Slickdeals; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Annual bonus

Equity package

Comprehensive health plans

401K matching

Professional Development Reimbursement

Job summary

Slickdeals is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to shape growth by partnering with Product, Design, Engineering, Finance, and Marketing. You'll combine data science, statistics, and causal inference to develop frameworks and insights that inform product decisions and growth strategy.

In this role you will turn complex business questions into actionable insights, build LTV and retention models, and design experiments with rigorous causal methods.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Sciences, or another quantitative field.
• 8+ years of experience with Masters or 5+ years of experience with PhD
• Strong track record designing, executing, and interpreting A/B tests using causal inference methodologies.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python or R, with experience working with large scale datasets and data visualization tools.
• Proven experience translating data into actionable recommendations for executives and cross functional teams.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to navigate ambiguity and uncover meaningful insights from complex business problems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in fast paced, cross functional environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product, Design, Engineering, Finance, and Marketing to inform product development and growth strategy through data driven insights.
• Identify new opportunities, define success metrics, quantify business challenges, and turn open ended questions into structured, high impact analytics projects.
• Build scalable measurement frameworks, including lifetime value (LTV) and retention models, to evaluate growth initiatives and support data driven decision making.
• Design, execute, and interpret A/B tests to evaluate product changes and validate hypotheses using causal inference, machine learning methodologies, and experimentation best practices.
• Develop dashboards and reporting that make key metrics and insights accessible and actionable across the organization.
• Translate complex analyses into clear narratives, recommendations, and data stories that influence both technical and non technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate across teams to strengthen the data foundation that supports user growth and experimentation at scale.

Skills

A/B testing

Causal inference

Analytical mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Education

MS or PhD in Statistics, Economics, CS, Engineering, Sciences

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Data visualization tools

Job description

Slickdeals is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to shape growth by partnering with Product, Design, Engineering, Finance, and Marketing. You'll combine data science, statistics, and causal inference to develop frameworks and insights that inform product decisions and growth strategy.

In this role you will turn complex business questions into actionable insights, build LTV and retention models, and design experiments with rigorous causal methods.