Gusto · 19 hours ago
Staff Data Scientist - Product
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$154K/yr - $225K/yr
7+ years expGusto is on a mission to grow the small business economy, providing essential services like payroll and HR for over 400,000 small businesses. The Staff Data Scientist will leverage statistical methods and AI to drive strategic decision-making and deliver insights across product domains.
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Responsibilities
Lead: Own ambiguous problems, design analysis frameworks, and introduce structure that scales across multiple product domains
Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with product managers, engineering leads, designers, and operations teams to proactively identify opportunities, align on strategy, and guide data-informed decision-making
Analytical Rigor: Apply advanced statistical methods, causal inference, experimentation, and AI-assisted analytics to surface drivers of product performance, separating signal from noise
Experimentation & Measurement: Design, analyze, and interpret experiments; ensure insights highlight trade-offs and limitations based on sample size and data quality
Execution: Deliver multiple high-impact projects, balancing trade-offs to maximize business value, and maintain clear expectations of deliverables and timelines
Communication: Present complex findings in a structured, compelling way to technical and non-technical stakeholders, fostering a data-informed mindset across the company
Independence: Work with minimal guidance to prioritize, create, and deliver data science roadmaps, proactively resolving conflicts or misalignment across stakeholders
Scaling the Craft: Mentor other data practitioners, up-level team best practices in experimentation, statistical modeling, and metric interpretation. Drive improvements in data quality, rigor, and adoption of better data capabilities leveraging AI-native tools and workflows across the org
Qualification
Required
7–10 years of experience in Data Science at a product-focused software company
Strong SQL skills and comfort with Python
Proven ability to apply statistical methods, causal inference, AI tools, and experimental design to real business problems
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
Benefits
Health insurance
401(k)
Company
Gusto
Gusto is an HR and payroll platform that simplifies complex tasks, empowering businesses to focus on what matters most.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$746.1MKey Investors
Friends & Family CapitalT. Rowe PriceAkkadian Ventures
2023-01-28Series Unknown
2022-05-12Series E· $55M
2021-08-10Series E· $175M
Leadership Team
Josh Reeves
Head of Gusto (CEO) and Co-Founder. Building Gusto for the Long Term.
Edward Kim
Co-founder and Head of Technology
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