Senior Data Scientist, Product

Thumbtack
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 125,200 - 190,600 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Critical thinking","Communication","Cross-functional relationship building","Mentoring","Collaboration"]

Embed with product teams to launch features and study the economics of Thumbtack’s marketplace. Conduct quantitative research on user behavior and product flows, design and analyze causal experiments, and define key metrics—investigating changes and recommending next steps. Partner with product managers, engineers, and others on scenario modeling and business logic decisions, while building team data culture through accessible data design, collaboration, mentoring, and recruiting.

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Thumbtack
Thumbtack
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Senior Data Scientist, Product

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Job Summary

Embed with product teams to launch features and study the economics of Thumbtack’s marketplace. Conduct quantitative research on user behavior and product flows, design and analyze causal experiments, and define key metrics—investigating changes and recommending next steps. Partner with product managers, engineers, and others on scenario modeling and business logic decisions, while building team data culture through accessible data design, collaboration, mentoring, and recruiting.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Propose and conduct quantitative research on user behavior, product flows, and business trends to identify opportunities for the product team.
  • •Design and analyze experiments and tests 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 team data culture through accessible data table design and maintenance.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 125,200 - 190,600 annually

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or economics.
  • •Experience managing stakeholders with competing priorities across Product Management, Design, Engineering, and Marketing.
  • •Experience scoping, analyzing, and communicating results of experiments.
  • •Expert 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 thinkingCommunicationCross-functional relationship buildingMentoringCollaboration
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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