Senior Data Scientist, Robinhood
Analytics, Marketing
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Job no longer available
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- Strong analytical and statistical skills with experience in performance marketing
- Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field such as mathematics, statistics, engineering
- 5+ years of experience in data analysis with a focus on marketing analytics
- Deep understanding of key performance indicators (KPIs) in marketing such as click-through rate (CTR), conversion rate (CVR), return on ad spend (ROAS), customer acquisition cost (CAC), and lifetime value (LTV)
- Expertise in attribution models to determine the effectiveness of different marketing channels and touchpoints
- Experience with marketing analytics tools and platforms (e.g., Google Analytics, Facebook Ads, Twitter Ads)
- Strong skills in designing and analyzing A/B tests and multivariate tests to optimize marketing strategies
- Experience with other incrementality tests such as geo-lift experiments, holdout tests, and synthetic control methods
- Familiarity with data pipeline creation and maintenance
- Skills in working with ETL tools and ensuring data quality and consistency
- Excellent programming skills, including proficiency in either Python (numpy, scipy, pandas) or R programming languages
- Expert-level SQL skills
- Strong understanding of statistical analysis
- Experience communicating data-driven insights
- The ability to use data to advise, persuade, and lead
What the job involves
- Insights from data power most decisions at Robinhood
- In a Data Scientist-Analytics role focused on Performance Marketing at Robinhood, you will work with partners in marketing, product, engineering, finance, design, and compliance to understand and analyze data from all parts of our business to drive our Performance Marketing strategy
- Develop and share insights around our active customers, focusing on acquisition and retargeting strategies
- Analyze and test performance marketing strategies, improving our campaign efficiency, and enhancing our measurement capabilities across various channels
- Design and implement experiments (A/B tests, incrementality tests, and geo-lift tests) to systematically test and measure the impact of various performance marketing initiatives, ensuring statistical significance and actionable outcomes
- Work with partners to identify the metrics their product should track and develop and share analysis, guidance, reports, and dashboards to optimally track and move these metrics
- Utilize advanced analytics, machine learning, and predictive modeling to drive performance marketing strategies and improve ROI
- Develop and refine attribution models to accurately measure the incremental impact of different marketing channels and touchpoints
- Power quick decisions by answering business questions by querying our vast datasets
Our take
For years, traditional brokers ruled the share trading realm, charging hefty fees that locked out everyday investors. Robinhood emerged as a disruptor, offering commission-free trading and opening the door to a new generation. Since then, expectations have continued to evolve, with investors looking not just to lower costs, but for simpler tools, clearer information, and guidance that makes the market easier to understand.
Robinhood was built to meet those changing expectations, designed from the start as a mobile-first platform that makes investor more accessible and less intimidating for people at every stage of their financial journey. Through its app, users can trade stocks and other financial instruments while benefiting from a clean interface and built-in educational support, helping them move from curiosity to confidence without unnecessary complexity.
Recently, Robinhood has strenghtned its impact too, particularly in the UK. With the launch of AI-powered Digests within its Robinhood Cortex assistant that helps users understand what's driving stock movements in plain English, while upcoming options trading and expanded educational resources add flexibility and depth. Together, these steps position Robinhood as a platform evolving alongside its users, blending technology and education to stay ahead in an ever-changing investment landscape.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Feb 2021
$2.4bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jan 2021
$1bn
LATE VC
Total funding: $5.6bn
Company HQ
Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA
Leadership
Vlad Tenev
(Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman)Studied Mathematics at Stanford University, where they met Baiju. Dropped out of a PhD to start Robinhood. Alongside Robinhood, Vlad is also the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Harmonic.
Baiju B.
(Co-Founder)Studied Mathematics and Physics at Stanford University, where they met their Vlad and co-founded Robinhood in 2012. Baiju is also the Founder and CEO of Aetherflux.
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