Founding Data Scientist, Merge

$210-230k

+ Equity

SQL

Python

Senior and Expert level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

5 days a week in office

Customer-facing integrations & agent tools

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Customer-facing integrations & agent tools

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseHRAPIAccountingData Integration

Be an early applicant

$210-230k

+ Equity

SQL

Python

Senior and Expert level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

5 days a week in office

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseHRAPIAccountingData Integration

Company mission

To make secure data access easy.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

5–8+ years of experience in data science, decision science, or analytics-heavy roles
Proven track record of operating with autonomy in ambiguous environments
Strong fluency in SQL and Python, with comfort reading and modifying production code
Experience designing, building, or owning production data pipelines and data models
Ability to turn messy, incomplete data into clear, decision-ready insight
Excellent written and verbal communication, with a concise and opinionated point of view

What the job involves

We’re hiring our founding data scientist to help define how data shapes decisions at Merge
This is a hands-on, high-ownership role for someone who enjoys being early: setting up the data foundation, digging into real product and business questions, and turning messy inputs into clear direction
You move independently, decide what’s worth digging into, and don’t wait for perfect prompts
You’ll be trusted to take ambiguous problems, form a clear point of view using data, and communicate it concisely—what’s happening, what to do next, and why it matters—so the company can move forward with confidence
Own Merge’s data work end-to-end, from ingestion and modeling to analysis and recommendation
Design, build, and maintain core data pipelines in partnership with engineering
Decide what to measure and why, rather than waiting for questions to be asked
Analyze usage, adoption, reliability, and revenue data to surface opportunities and risks
Deliver clear, actionable recommendations with explicit tradeoffs and success metrics

Our take

To help B2B companies navigate the increasing number of APIs needed to integrate SaaS product, Merge supplies a unified API. This provides access to dozens of payroll, recruiting, accounting, and HR platforms using a single integration layer. This way, businesses can work with a large number of APIs without compromising on efficiency.

Merge was founded in 2020 and has already built a large client base for itself, including Deed, AngelList, Ramp and Reachdesk. It has also expanded into new areas, providing support for CRM tools, ticketing systems and project management functions. With an impressively escalating annual revenue, and considerable funding at its back, the company continues to build out its product into new verticals.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

57% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Oct 2022

$55m

SERIES B

Nov 2021

$15m

SERIES A

Total funding: $74.5m

Company benefits

Healthcare
Unlimited PTO
Parental Leave
401k

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Shensi Ding

(Co-Founder)

Studied Computer Science at Columbia before joining Credit Suisse as an Investment Banking Analyst. Previously Chief of Staff at Expanse.

Gil Feig

(Co-Founder)

A Columbia graduate who has worked for LinkedIn and Wealthfront as a Software Engineer. Previously Head of Engineering at Canvas.

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