Senior Data Scientist, Mercury
Growth
$200.7-250.9k
Canadian employees (any location): $189,700 - $237,100 CAD. + Equity
Banking services for startups and small businesses
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Banking services for startups and small businesses
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$200.7-250.9k
Canadian employees (any location): $189,700 - $237,100 CAD. + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make scaling tech companies simpler with a personalized banking stack for startups, and power the next generation of companies that will shape the American industry.
Role
Who you are
- Have 6+ years of experience in data science, product analytics or growth analytics, including 3+ years partnering closely with product growth teams
- Have strong product sense and a track record of shaping product direction, not just measuring it, including times your work changed what a team built
- Have deep experience with experiment design and analysis, as well as funnel, cohort and retention analysis
- Have fluency in SQL and a statistical programming language (e.g. Python, R)
- Have experience with product analytics and BI tools such as Amplitude, Hex, Omni or similar; familiarity with Snowflake and dbt is a plus
- Be comfortable with ambiguity and with respectfully disagreeing with senior stakeholders, backed by evidence
- Be a clear, concise communicator who leads with the point and tailors the message to technical and non-technical audiences
- Nice to have: experience in consumer or SMB fintech, or with mobile product analytics
What the job involves
- As a Growth Data Scientist at Mercury, you will partner with Growth product, design, engineering and marketing leaders to shape how Mercury acquires, activates and retains customers across business and personal banking*. This is a strategic, product-facing role: you’ll frame the “why” behind what we build, size opportunities, and turn the growth funnel into clear, prioritized recommendations
- You will work as a full-stack Data Scientist on projects end to end and build deep domain expertise at the intersection of Data Science, Product and Growth. You will help set the direction for how Growth measures success and decides where to invest, in line with Mercury’s broader product and company goals
- Partner with Growth product, design, engineering and marketing leaders to identify the highest-impact business questions, and influence what gets built and why
- Own the growth funnel end to end, from first visit through signup, approval, activation and retention, building the metrics, driver trees and narratives that show where we’re winning and where we’re not
- Size opportunities and help prioritize the Growth roadmap and annual planning, making clear recommendations even when data is incomplete
- Design, analyze and communicate experiments (A/B tests and quasi-experimental methods) that tell teams whether a change worked and what to do next
- Right-size your work to the decision: fast and directional when that’s what’s needed, rigorous when the stakes call for it
- Collaborate with other Data Scientists, Data Engineers and Analytics Engineers to build trusted, self-serve growth metrics
- Communicate findings and recommendations to audiences at all levels, including executives, with a clear point of view that improves entrepreneurs’ lives and generates revenue for Mercury
- * Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC
Our take
Frustrated by the archaic, fee-laden banking services offered to entrepreneurs, the founders of Mercury set out to create a better solution. They envisioned a platform that was dynamic, tech-driven, and free from unnecessary fees.
Mercury delivers on this vision by automating business payment processes, offering FDIC-insured accounts, and providing full API access, empowering entrepreneurs with greater control and efficiency. This approach stands in stark contrast to traditional startup banking, which often burdens young businesses with high fees and limited functionality.
By prioritizing user experience and offering a free service tier, Mercury has attracted over 200,000 businesses and, off the back of a $300 million Series C round, achieved a $5.2B valuation as of 2026. As a rising unicorn in the stagnant world of startup banking, Mercury is poised for continued growth, constantly adding new features and expanding its team to further disrupt the industry.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
50% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2026
$200m
SERIES D
Mar 2025
$300m
SERIES C
Total funding: $650.9m
Company benefits
- Health, dental, & vision
- 12+ weeks of paid parental leave
- $600 USD custom WFH equipment setup
- Unlimited vacation policy (with a mandatory minimum)
- Annual $1K learning & development budget
- Paid 6-week sabbatical after the 5-year mark
- Weekly $100 food budget
- Monthly $100 wellness budget
- Monthly $50 cellphone reimbursement
- Pet-friendly offices with free tea and beverages, plus lunch and snacks
- Unlimited vacation policy (with a mandatory minimum)
- Retirement matching up to 4% of base salary (401K/RRSP)
- Inclusive fertility, hormonal health, and family-forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jason Zhang
(Co-Founder & COO)Jason graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology before spending over 4 years at Heyzap in Business Development.
Immad Akhund
(Co-Founder & CEO)Immad graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Masters in Computer Science. He then worked as a Software Developer at Aquila and Bloomberg. He also founded Clickpass and Heyzap, and was a Part-time Partner at Y Combinator.
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