Product Data Scientist, Gusto
Growth
$190-265k
More information about location
2-3 days a week in office
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Job no longer available
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$190-265k
More information about location
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To grow the small business economy.
Role
Who you are
- Gusto is looking for a highly skilled and motivated Data Scientist to join our Growth Data Science team
- The ideal candidate is a trusted data storyteller with strong statistical and coding skills, and a passion for using data to help small businesses thrive
- 7 - 10+ years of experience in Data Science at a product-focused software company
- Strong SQL and Python skills
- Proven ability to apply statistical methods, causal inference, and experimental design to real business problems
- Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools like Claude, and executing work in an AI native way
- Experience developing Machine Learning models is a plus
- Excellent communication skills, with a track record of influencing cross-functional stakeholders and leadership
- Demonstrated experience leading large, technically complex projects with clear business impact
- A proactive, resilient problem-solver who independently structures ambiguous problems into actionable insights
- Passion for mentoring others and raising the bar for data science craft across the team
- BS/MS/PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Applied Math, etc.) or equivalent industry experience
What the job involves
- In this role, you'll leverage experimentation, statistical inference, and causal analysis to drive strategic decisions that directly impact how Gusto acquires, retains, and grows its customer base
- You'll work closely with Marketing, Finance, Sales, and Revenue partners to become the go-to data expert for your growth domain — defining and tracking metrics that illuminate business performance, designing experiments that inform go-to-market strategy, and surfacing insights that accelerate growth
- You'll also integrate AI-assisted practices to expand the reach and rigor of your analysis across the organization
- Strategic Leadership: Shape the analytical strategy for Growth product initiatives. Identify high-leverage opportunities, set long-term measurement and experimentation direction, and align executive stakeholders around data-driven priorities
- Execution Excellence: Drive and execute on org-level analytical roadmaps that shape company strategy, leveraging AI tools and creating efficiencies through AI native approaches. Achieve alignment and ensure consistent analytical rigor and metric integrity across product domains
- Scaled Impact: In addition to being an expert in statistical methods and driving impact through execution, you will drive frameworks for experimentation, causal analysis, and metric design that scale across multiple teams and influence org-wide decision quality in an AI native capacity
- Thought Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior product, engineering, and Revenue business leaders. Anticipate emerging questions, proactively define success measures, and advocate for data-informed strategy across the org
- Analytical Innovation: Push the boundaries of statistical modeling, experimentation, and AI-assisted analytics. Design methods and tools that expand how Gusto leverages data to drive customer and business impact
- Mentorship: Mentor and coach more junior data scientists, raising the bar for analytical thinking and storytelling
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy - which many SMB owners don’t have. The co-founders of Gusto all come from small business backgrounds, which is why they created a platform that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 400,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. And in 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and position in a competitive market, including the likes of Ardius, Symmetry and Guideline.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. It continues to expand its platform, for example by partnering with Parafin to launch a payroll line of credit for small businesses, and more recently launching Cofounder, an AI teammate tailored to the needs of small businesses.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.3m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
- Family care and support, including family planning and fertility benefits
- Gender-affirming care and support
- A variety of mental health resources
- Paid vacation, sick time, bereavement, and holidays, paid leaves, sabbatical, and more
- Free meals and refreshments at the office (conversation and community is an added bonus!)
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(CEO & Co-Founder)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(CPO & Co-Founder)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo before co-founding Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Head of Technology & Co-Founder)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing before co-founding Gusto in 2011.
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