Senior Staff Data Scientist at Gofundme

Want to help us, help others? We’re hiring! 
GoFundMe is a global community of over 100 million people with a common purpose of helping one another. Our mission is to help people help each other by making it safe and easy for people to ask for help and support causes—for themselves, each other, and their communities. Since 2010, GoFundMe has become a trusted global leader in online fundraising, with $17 billion raised from over 200 million donations. Our vision is to become the most helpful place in the world.
Join us! The GoFundMe team is searching for our next Senior Staff Data Scientist to join our Data Insights team.
The Job…

Lead the design, analysis, and interpretation of projects from data requirement gathering to data processing, modeling, and recommendations for various departments across the company
Act as technical leader on the team - identify and disseminate best practices across team in terms of tools, systems, and processes
Create and monitor KPIs and present emerging trends and actionable insights to leadership team
Partner with cross-functional teams to identify new opportunities requiring the use of modern analytical and modeling techniques
Develop dashboards and perform ad hoc analysis
Build forecasting and ROI models to project growth for various initiatives to assist with roadmap prioritization
Collaborate with data and engineering teams to design scalable and future-proof instrumentation
Perform light ETLs as needed for the role

You…

10+ years of experience building data analytics and science projects
Experience with a broad set of statistical and machine learning methods to solve and optimize critical business problems and metrics
Advanced ability to perform data segmentation and manipulation directly using SQL and Python or R
Able to organize, prioritize and assist with business requests with adequate scoping and stakeholder expectation setting 
Data visualization skills and experience with BI tools (Tableau/Looker)
Strong presentation skills, being able to author and present insights to the leadership team, and influence decision makers
Knowledge of data tracking, database architecture, ETL/data preparation tools, APIs a plus
Experience mentoring more junior data scientists/analysts
Master's degree in a quantitative field (Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Engineering or related areas)

Why you’ll love it here...

Market competitive pay
Rich healthcare benefits including employer paid premiums for medical/dental/vision (100% for employee only plans and 85% for employee + dependent plans) and employer HSA contributions. 
401(k) retirement plan with company matching
Hybrid workplace with fully remote flexibility for many roles
Monetary support for new hire setup, hybrid work & wellbeing, family planning, and commuting expenses

A variety of  mental and wellness programs to support employees   

Generous paid parental leave and family planning stipend
Supportive time off policies including vacation, sick/mental health days, volunteer days, company holidays, and a floating holiday
Learning & development and recognition programs
Gives Back Program where employees can nominate a fundraiser every week for a donation from the company
Inclusion, diversity, equity, and belonging are vital to our priorities and we continue to evolve our strategy to ensure DEI is embedded in all processes and programs at GoFundMe. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team is always finding new ways for our company to uphold and represent the experiences of all of the people in our organization.
Employee resource groups
Your work has a real purpose and will help change lives on a global scale.
You’ll be a part of a fun, supportive team that works hard and celebrates accomplishments together. 
We live by our core values: consider everything, do the right thing, spread empathy, delight the customer, and give back.
We are a certified Great Place to Work, are growing fast and have incredible opportunities ahead!

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 disability, or military or veteran status.
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