Data Scientist II, Marketplace

Thumbtack
Ontario
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 150,500 - 194,700 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Critical thinking","Communication","Stakeholder management","Relationship building","Interpersonal skills"]

Embed with product teams on Thumbtack’s marketplace supply side to improve matching, pricing, and demand fulfillment. Conduct quantitative research on user behaviors and business trends, design experiments for causal inference, and define/monitor key metrics. Collaborate across product, engineering, applied science, and economics to scope and recommend new features such as scenario modeling, while building data culture through accessible data design and maintenance.

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Thumbtack
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Data Scientist II, Marketplace

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Job Summary

Embed with product teams on Thumbtack’s marketplace supply side to improve matching, pricing, and demand fulfillment. Conduct quantitative research on user behaviors and business trends, design experiments for causal inference, and define/monitor key metrics. Collaborate across product, engineering, applied science, and economics to scope and recommend new features such as scenario modeling, while building data culture through accessible data design and maintenance.
Location: Ontario
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Propose and conduct quantitative research into user behaviors, product flows, and business trends, identifying opportunities for the product team
  • •Design and analyze experiments and other tests for causal inference in collaboration with engineers, applied scientists, and economists
  • •Partner with product managers and engineers to scope new features (e.g., scenario modeling) and recommend business logic
  • •Define and monitor key metrics, investigate metric changes, and propose next steps
  • •Develop topic area expertise and contribute to team data culture through accessible data table design and maintenance

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 150,500 - 194,700 annually

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or economics
  • •Experience scoping, analyzing, and communicating results of experiments
  • •Expert in SQL
  • •Strong communication skills with ability to build cross-functional relationships with leadership
  • •Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree in a technical area such as Statistics, Engineering, Analytics, Math, Computer Science, Operations Research, or Economics
Experience:4+ years
Education:
Skills:Critical thinkingCommunicationStakeholder managementRelationship buildingInterpersonal skills
Tech Stack:SQL

Company Brief

Thumbtack
Provides an online marketplace connecting local service professionals (home improvement, events, lessons, and more) with customers seeking quotes, reviews, and booking tools to hire vetted contractors and providers.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2008
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