Head of Data Science, Render
$250.4-344.3k
+ Equity
Cloud application hosting for developers
Open for applications
Cloud application hosting for developers
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$250.4-344.3k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
Render's mission is to empower every developer and business to move fast and focus on what matters most to them.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a visionary and hands-on Head of Data Science to join our team
- 8+ years of experience in data science, with 4+ years in a leadership role scaling teams and delivering cross-functional impact
- A strong foundation in statistics, causal inference, experimentation, and modeling techniques
- Fluency in SQL and Python; experience with modern data stacks (e.g. BigQuery, dbt, Metabase, Mixpanel)
- Track record of influencing executive-level decisions through clear storytelling and analytical depth
- Demonstrated ability to scale data functions from zero-to-one and beyond in fast-paced, product-led environments
- Impact mindset: you're excited to wear multiple hats, move fast, and help define what “great” looks like
- Bonus: experience in B2B SaaS, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, or growth analytics
What the job involves
- In this role, you’ll define and scale the data function at Render from the ground up—setting the strategy, building a world-class team, and embedding data deeply into every decision we make
- You will work closely with leaders across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and GTM to shape product strategy, surface key insights, and drive operational excellence
- This is a unique opportunity to lead a highly impactful function at a pivotal stage of our growth
- You will lead by example, guiding the work of other data scientists while personally contributing to exploratory analysis, experiment design, causal inference, and data infrastructure improvements
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing data science team across analytics, experimentation, and statistical modeling
- Personally drive and guide impactful IC work, from ad hoc analysis to ML-based modeling projects
- Create and evangelize best practices for data reliability, reproducibility, and documentation
- Collaborate with senior leadership to define a long term data strategy
- Own and scale the Data Science function across product, growth, and go-to-market, aligning with company OKRs and strategic bets
- Hire, lead, and mentor a world-class team of data scientists and analysts; build a high-trust, high-impact culture grounded in intellectual rigor and bias for action
- Define and communicate Render’s long-term data strategy and architecture in partnership with Engineering and Product leadership
- Drive strategic insight across the org: from pricing and packaging to product adoption, conversion, and customer segmentation
- Promote data fluency across Render through tools, dashboards, and processes that empower every team to make smarter decisions
- Provide actionable insights about our users such as how they work, how they discover features, and which obstacles they might run into on the platform
- Contribute toward initiatives to enhance the reliability and accuracy of our data infrastructure and processes
- Our Data Stack:
- Multiple sources of data (e.g. Segment, HubSpot, back-end data in Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL)
- ETL to BigQuery with Stitch
- Dbt layer for data transformation
- Analysis and reporting with Metabase and MixPanel
- Some projects you might work on:
- Define the north-star metrics that inform Render’s product and GTM decisions
- Design experiments to measure the impact of new AI infrastructure features
- Partner with Product and Engineering to identify patterns in developer usage that drive retention and expansion
- Build systems to detect platform abuse and ensure developer trust and safety
- Architect a modern analytics layer to support company-wide self-service insights
Our take
Without the right infrastructure, building applications and other products can be a slow and painstaking process. Render solves this problem with its unified cloud services platform.
Render was founded by Anurag Goel, one of Stripe's founding engineers. The company's developer platform allows teams to build websites and apps quickly and at scale. Render has raised impressive funding, and the capital has accelerated the development and roll-out of a number of innovative new tools and features, including a free plan for web services and databases. This will improve access to Render's platform, and help to further scale its user base.
Render's main challenge will be competing with large-scale legacy players, including the "big three": Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. However, so far Render has held its own, largely thanks to its superior flexibility, innovative modern features rolled out regularly, and competitive price. If it can maintain this, Render stands to make impressive gains in the coming years.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2025
$80m
SERIES C
Jun 2023
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $156.8m
Company benefits
- Monthly commuter stipend
- Fully stocked kitchen
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- 4 weeks PTO
- 100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for you and all your dependents
- FSAs
- $60 per month for however you prefer to stay in shape
- $100 per month for mental health support
- Traditional or Roth 401(k) plans
- Long-term disability and life insurance
- Equity options
- Continuous learning benefits & related support
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Anurag Goel
(CEO & Founder)An early engineer and former Head of Risk at Stripe. Also founded Crestle.
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