Kindred · 2 weeks ago
Staff Data Scientist, Product & Pricing
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$195K/yr - $235K/yr
8+ years expKindred is a members-only home swapping platform that unlocks the ability to live a travel-rich lifestyle through the power of community. As a Staff Data Scientist, you will lead the technical strategy for the core product experience, focusing on matching optimization and marketplace health while collaborating with product managers and engineering teams.
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Responsibilities
Act as a Strategic Thought Partner: Partner directly with Product Managers and other leaders to frame key business problems, define our measurement strategy, and guide product innovations
Architect Marketplace Intelligence: Build and deploy sophisticated predictive models to refine Kindred’s matching algorithms, optimizing for growth, trust and liquidity
Lead and Scale Experimentation: Own the end-to-end experimental framework, applying advanced causal inference to measure the ripple effects of product changes on community sentiment and marketplace health
Own the Full-Stack Data Lifecycle: Lead the design of robust event structures with Product Engineers and collaborate with Data Engineering to build a scalable data platform that ensures our data is 'born clean' and ready for modeling
Influence and Educate: Translate complex analytical concepts into clear, actionable recommendations and effectively persuade senior stakeholders to adopt data-informed strategies
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in a quantitative role such as data science, with a proven track record of influencing strategy at a leadership level, preferably within a consumer tech or marketplace company
Expert in SQL and Python/R, with a proven ability to move a project from a whiteboard concept to a production-grade ML model, and experience with modern data warehouses
Deep experience going beyond simple A/B tests to measure product impact in networked environments where interference and spillover are present
Exceptional communication skills, with a proven ability to simplify complex concepts and persuade senior stakeholders to trust the data and embrace new measurement strategies
Preferred
Think in Systems, not just Features: You naturally consider 'spillover effects'—understanding how a boost in one area of the platform might impact another part of the community ecosystem, understanding the delicate balance between host and guest needs in a high-trust, community-driven environment
Are a Technical Force Multiplier: You have a track record of leveling up the teams around you, setting the standard for code quality, and effectively communicating complex technical risks to non-technical partners
Are passionate about the sharing economy and building a world where everyone feels at home anywhere
Benefits
Offers Equity
Comprehensive health benefits
Flexible time off, plus 12 paid holidays per year
21 credits per year to stay in Kindred homes
$4,000 annual travel stipend to help offset travel-related costs
Remote-first and remote-flexible work environment, with opportunities to work from anywhere and gather in person, including at Kindred HQ in San Francisco
Regular team and company offsites to connect, collaborate, and build together
A vibrant, inclusive, and highly skilled team that ferociously protects team chemistry
A culture of high standards, feedback, and continual growth
Company
Kindred
Kindred operates a members-only platform that enables verified homeowners and renters to exchange homes without nightly rental fees.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Kindred has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Engineering and Development
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2025 (1)
2024 (2)
2021 (1)
2020 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$147.75MKey Investors
Index VenturesDylan Field,New Enterprise AssociatesNew Enterprise Associates
2026-02-03Series C· $85M
2025-01-01Series B· $40M
2023-04-19Series A· $15M
Leadership Team
Justine Palefsky
Co-Founder & CEO
Tasneem Amina
Co-Founder and President
Recent News
Bessemer Venture Partners
2026-07-02
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