Staff Data Scientist, Growth

Alpaca
Americas
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningSkills: ["Experimentation","Mentoring","Cross-functional collaboration","Data storytelling","Analytics rigor"]

Own and define how growth is measured across the full customer journey, from acquisition and activation to retention and monetization. Lead growth experimentation with A/B tests and causal/incrementality studies, build cohort and LTV/CAC models, and use attribution and marketing-mix analysis to guide spend decisions. Define key North Star metrics, partner with Product/Marketing/Sales/Engineering/Finance, and help operationalize self-serve, agentic growth analytics while mentoring peers.

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Alpaca
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Staff Data Scientist, Growth

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Job Summary

Own and define how growth is measured across the full customer journey, from acquisition and activation to retention and monetization. Lead growth experimentation with A/B tests and causal/incrementality studies, build cohort and LTV/CAC models, and use attribution and marketing-mix analysis to guide spend decisions. Define key North Star metrics, partner with Product/Marketing/Sales/Engineering/Finance, and help operationalize self-serve, agentic growth analytics while mentoring peers.
Location: Americas
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the growth funnel end-to-end by analyzing acquisition, activation, retention, referral, and monetization to identify high-leverage opportunities.
  • •Run the growth experimentation engine by designing and executing A/B tests and causal/incrementality studies across onboarding, activation, conversion, lifecycle/CRM campaigns, and referral loops.
  • •Model growth using retention/cohort analyses, churn and LTV models, CAC/payback and unit-economics views, and forecasts for core growth metrics.
  • •Measure marketing and partnerships impact using attribution, incrementality testing, and channel/marketing-mix analysis to guide acquisition spend and payback.
  • •Define and maintain growth metrics and a clear North Star, embed with cross-functional teams, and enable self-serve, narrative-driven growth analytics.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceEquityHome Office

Key Requirements

  • •Proven expertise in growth and/or product analytics with strong statistical analysis and experimentation.
  • •Hands-on experience with growth/funnel analytics including acquisition, activation, retention/churn, LTV/CAC, cohort analysis, and lifecycle/CRM analytics.
  • •Experience designing and building experimentation tooling and frameworks for trustworthy A/B tests and causal-inference/incrementality analyses.
  • •Familiarity with marketing measurement such as attribution, incrementality, or marketing-mix modeling.
  • •Ability to mentor others and contribute to best practices for data-informed growth.
Experience:Growth analyticsProduct analyticsExperimentationMarketing measurement
Skills:ExperimentationMentoringCross-functional collaborationData storytellingAnalytics rigor

Company Brief

Alpaca
Provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for algorithmic and automated stock trading, enabling fintechs and developers to build trading applications with commission-free market access and custody services.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2015
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