Data Scientist II

Want to help us, help others? We’re hiring! 

Join us! We are seeking a talented Data Scientist to join our product analytics team and support our data science operations across the organization. You will work alongside a skilled team to create meaningful impact for our users and business.

About the role:

• Work with product leadership to develop and monitor KPIs and present emerging trends and actionable insights
• Assist in the design, analysis, and interpretation of projects from data requirement gathering to data processing, modeling, and business recommendations
• Support A/B testing through the entire experimentation life cycle, including inception, creation, measurement, and recommendations
• Develop user-friendly dashboards and perform ad hoc analysis
• Use data science methods to perform Product Analytics and generate actionable insights for GoFundMe Product teams 
• Proficiently perform data segmentation and manipulation using SQL and Python or R
• Contribute to the identification and dissemination of best practices across the team regarding tools, systems, and processes
• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify new analytical opportunities
• Work with data and engineering teams to design scalable and future-proof instrumentation
• Assist in ELT processes as needed

You…

• 2+ years of experience building data analytics and science projects
• Familiarity with a broad set of statistical and machine learning methods to solve and optimize business problems and metrics
• Experience with multivariate and A/B testing
• Proficient in using Python or R for statistical analysis, predictive analytics, and/or machine learning
• Strong experience with SQL for writing scalable data transformations
• Data visualization skills and experience with BI tools (Tableau/Looker)
• Able to organize, prioritize, and assist with business requests with adequate scoping and stakeholder expectation setting
• Effective presentation skills, capable of authoring and presenting insights to stakeholders and influencing decision makers
• Knowledge of event tracking, database architecture, and Machine Learning is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field is preferred (Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Engineering, or related areas)

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to providing diversity, equity, and inclusion training to all employees, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, nationality or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, age, medical condition, mental or physical …