Raya · 5 hours ago
Senior Data Scientist
Raya is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join their Core Engagement team. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop product roadmaps and enhance experimentation capabilities, while leveraging data to drive product changes and inform strategic decisions.
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Responsibilities
Design, evaluate, and interpret experiments in the presence of network effects, delayed outcomes, and imperfect randomization—balancing speed with statistical rigor
Influence product direction by translating insights into clear recommendations that shape roadmap prioritization
Develop key strategic insights through exploratory data analysis, to inform future investments or pivot in strategy
Build scalable metrics and dashboards to empower efficient decision-making
Own the definition and evolution of success metrics for core engagement surfaces, including tradeoffs between short-term and long-term member value
Qualification
Required
5+ years of data science and product analytics experience
BS and/or MS in a quantitative discipline: statistics, operations research, computer science, engineering, applied mathematics, physics, economics, etc
Experience in designing trustworthy experimentation and analyzing complex product a/b testing results
Expert in SQL, including complex joins, window functions, and performance-aware querying on large datasets
Expert in Python or R programming, including common scientific computing packages and data science tools such as NumPy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn
Strong applied statistics background, including hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, power analysis, and causal inference techniques
Strong in proactive verbal and written communication and presentation skills, ability to convey rigorous statistical concepts to non-experts
Strong strategic thinking to navigate a complex business problem, going beyond short-term optimization. You excel at understanding the deeper 'why' behind data insights
Preferred
Familiarity with modern analytics and BI tools like Looker, Tableau, Omni, Hex, Sigma, Eppo, StatSig, etc is a plus
A strong understanding of two-sided marketplace dynamics
Experience in navigating eco-system effects is a plus
Eagerness to explore and apply AI and emerging technologies (e.g., LLMs, automation, intelligent tooling) to accelerate analysis, experimentation, and decision-making
Company
Raya
Raya is an online membership-based community for dating, networking, and accessing exciting opportunities around the world.
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
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Atlas Finance Group
2019-06-14Undisclosed
2016-12-22Pre Seed
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