Senior Data Scientist

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

GoFundMe is a global community of over 150 million people who come together every day with the common purpose of helping one another. Our mission is to help people help each other through our best in class technology. In 2022, GoFundMe joined together with Classy, a leading nonprofit fundraising software company that enables nonprofits to connect supporters with the causes they care about. Together, we have empowered people and organizations to raise more than $30 billion since 2010. Our vision is to become the most helpful place in the world.

Join us! The GoFundMe team is searching for our next Senior Data Scientist to bolster our product analytics efforts and elevate our data science operations across the organization. You will collaborate with an accomplished team of individuals to drive impact for our users and our business.

This is a remote position. Candidates considered for this role will be located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Job…

• Lead the design, analysis, and interpretation of projects from data requirement gathering to data processing, modeling, and recommendations for the business
• Collaborate with product leadership to develop and monitor KPIs and present emerging trends and actionable insights
• Drive A/B testing through the entire experimentation life cycle, including inception, creation, measurement, and recommendations.
• Use advanced analytics and data science methods to perform Product Analytics and generate actionable insights for GoFundMe business
• Identify and disseminate best practices across team in terms of tools, systems, and processes
• Partner cross-functionally to identify new analytical opportunities with stakeholders
• Collaborate with data and engineering teams to design scalable and future-proof instrumentation
• Contribute to ELT processes as needed
• Develop easy to use dashboards and other analytical self-service tools and perform ad hoc analyses

You…

• - 5+ years of experience building data analytics and science projects
  • Advanced ability to perform data segmentation and manipulation directly using SQL and Python
  • Experience with a broad set of statistical and machine learning methods to solve and optimize critical business problems and metrics
  • Expertise in formulating and driving multivariate and A/B testing
  • Advanced experience using Python to perform statistical analysis, predictive analytics, and/or machine learning
  • Deep 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
  • Strong presentation skills, being able to author and present insights to the leadership team, and influence decision makers
  • Knowledge of event tracking, database architecture, Machine Learning is a plus
  • Master's degree in a quantitative field is a plus (Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Engineering or related areas)

Why you’ll love it here...

• Market competitive pay.
• Rich healthcare benefits and supportive time off policies.
• Monetary support for new hire setup, hybrid work & wellbeing, and family planning.
• A variety of mental and wellness programs to support employees.
• 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: impatient to be great, find a way, earn trust every day, fueled by purpose.
• 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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