Senior Product Data Scientist — Experiments & AI

AppFolio, Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

AppFolio in Denver is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to drive product analytics and experimentation strategy for the Resident experience business, including FolioGuard renters' insurance, resident rewards programs, and benefit packages.

You will partner with product, engineering, design, and fellow data scientists to solve complex problems and accelerate growth across resident-facing offerings, while establishing robust QA and auditing for AI-enabled analyses.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of data team experience specializing in product analytics, user behavioral data, and statistical analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and strong programming skills in Python and/or R, with deep familiarity querying relational database structures and cloud data warehouses (Snowflake preferred).
• Proven track record designing, analyzing, and scaling A/B testing and causal inference frameworks.
• Demonstrated hands-on use of AI coding agents and agentic developer workflows to accelerate analyses and automate data workflows, with auditing discipline.
• Strong executive communication and data storytelling skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Optimize the resident journey by measuring enrollment and purchase funnels for insurance, rewards, and benefits.
• Scale experimentation rigor with standard causal inference and A/B testing frameworks.
• Develop user behavioral segmentation models to improve retention and engagement.
• Incorporate AI tooling into analytics workflows with robust auditing and QA practices.
• Build reusable data assets and metric layers serving as single sources of truth.

Skills

Product analytics

A/B testing

Causal inference

SQL

Python/R

AI coding agents

Tools

Hex

Streamlit

Quarto

dbt

Job description

AppFolio in Denver is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to drive product analytics and experimentation strategy for the Resident experience business, including FolioGuard renters' insurance, resident rewards programs, and benefit packages.

You will partner with product, engineering, design, and fellow data scientists to solve complex problems and accelerate growth across resident-facing offerings, while establishing robust QA and auditing for AI-enabled analyses.