Senior Data Scientist, CHX

Thumbtack
Ontario
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Critical thinking","Communication","Relationship building","Collaboration","Mentoring"]

Embed with product teams to support launches and improve Thumbtack’s marketplace. Propose and run quantitative research on user behavior, product flows, and business trends; design experiments for causal inference; and define/monitor key metrics to recommend next steps. Build expertise in Thumbtack search and collaborate across product, engineering, economists, and design/marketing to scope features like scenario modeling. Help grow data culture through accessible data tables and mentoring.

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Thumbtack
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Senior Data Scientist, CHX

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Job Summary

Embed with product teams to support launches and improve Thumbtack’s marketplace. Propose and run quantitative research on user behavior, product flows, and business trends; design experiments for causal inference; and define/monitor key metrics to recommend next steps. Build expertise in Thumbtack search and collaborate across product, engineering, economists, and design/marketing to scope features like scenario modeling. Help grow data culture through accessible data tables and mentoring.
Location: Ontario
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Propose and conduct quantitative research on user behaviors, product flows, and business trends to identify opportunities and next steps.
  • •Design and analyze experiments for causal inference in collaboration with engineers, applied scientists, and economists.
  • •Partner with product managers and engineers to scope new features, including scenario modeling and recommendations on business logic.
  • •Define and monitor key metrics, investigate metric changes, and propose next steps.
  • •Develop topic-area expertise (e.g., how Thumbtack search works) and contribute to data culture through accessible data table design and maintenance.

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or economics.
  • •Experience managing stakeholders with competing priorities across Product, Design, Engineering, and Marketing.
  • •Experience scoping, analyzing, and communicating results of experiments.
  • •Expertise in SQL.
  • •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 thinkingCommunicationRelationship buildingCollaborationMentoring
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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