Sr. Data Scientist

Company: Slickdeals, LLC.
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

On a mission to bring the joy of discovering a great deal to shoppers, Slickdeals thrives on the active participation of its 10-million-strong community. Users share, upvote, and uncover the best prices on popular products from trustworthy brands.With a robust track record of 25 years in business, marked by profitability and a thriving community that has saved more than $10 billion, Slickdeals is currently undergoing a transformation. As we evolve into a daily shopping destination for millions more, joining Slickdeals presents an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurially-minded builders to create an innovative deal discovery platform.The Purpose:We're seeking a Senior Data Scientist who will leverage their expertise in quantitative analysis to gain deep insights into user behavior on the Slickdeals platform, identifying opportunities for product enhancement and guiding the product roadmap. This role involves collaborating with product teams to define key metrics, develop foundational datasets, and create dashboards to monitor product health and track progress. Through strong communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams, the Sr. Data Scientist will ensure that data-driven insights contribute to impactful changes in the platform.What You'll Do:

• Apply your quantitative expertise to dive into user behavior and understand how users interact with Slickdeals platform, identify opportunities for product improvement and help shape the product roadmap and strategy.
• Work with the embedded product team to determine the north star and operational metrics, build the foundational datasets, and build dashboards that monitor product health, track progress, and support key decision-making.
• Dive into ambiguous areas to identify opportunities, define analytics problems, and deepen the team's understanding of user behavior on the platform, ensuring valuable insights are captured.
• Lead the design of experiments, establish the metrics framework to assess the success of new features, and drive meaningful insights and learnings through test results.
• Influence the product roadmap by effectively communicating your findings across the company, ensuring that data-driven insights lead to impactful product and business changes.What We're Looking For:
  • A degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Economics, Applied Mathematics, or related discipline (advanced degrees preferred).
  • 5+ years of working experience in a Data Scientist, Analytics, or equivalent role.
  • Expertise in SQL - able to write structured and efficient queries with large data sets.
  • Experience in online experimentation and statistical analysis, and know how to use statistical inference and experimentation to drive actionable recommendations.
  • Experience in any of the data visualization tools as Tableau, Looker, Sigma, PowerBI etc.
  • Experience in Python, especially with data science and visualization libraries, is helpful.
  • Self-starter, thrives in ambiguity and has an investigator mindset of wanting to get to the bottom of problems.
  • Strong communication skills, and ability to collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners.LOCATION: San Mateo, CAHybrid schedule visiting our San Mateo office three days a week (Tues-Thurs).
    • Competitive salary and equity
    • Competitive paid time off in addition to holiday time off
    • A variety of healthcare insurance plans to give you the best care for your needs
    • 401K matching above the industry standard
    • Professional Development Reimbursement Program and LinkedIn Learning MembershipWork AuthorizationCandidates must be eligible to work in the United States.Slickdeals is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other protected status. Slickdeals will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the "Ban the Box" legislation. We may access publicly available information as part of your application.Slickdeals does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies and is not responsible for related fees.Apply for this jobInterested in building your career at Slickdeals? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email.
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