Data Scientist developing machine - learning models for The Athletic’s sports media platform. Optimizing subscriptions, workflows, experiments, and personalized article recommendations.
About the role
- Data Scientist II collaborating with Partnerships and Commercial Programs at Thumbtack. Driving data insights and AI capabilities to shape strategic decisions.
Responsibilities
- Partner with leaders of Thumbtack's Partnerships and Commercial Programs teams to conduct in-depth quantitative analyses that guide strategic decisions
- Measure partnership performance and health, building metrics and dashboards that track the success of integrations with third-party platforms
- Design and implement A/B tests, market-based tests, and other experiments
- Build and deploy AI-powered data products, tools, and workflows that enable faster, better decision-making
- Champion AI adoption within the team—experimenting with different tools to streamline analyses, automate reporting, and uplevel team capabilities
- Make recommendations based on detailed analysis and a deep understanding of our business and partnership ecosystem
- Build and maintain reports, models, metrics, SQL queries, and dashboards (Looker/Tableau) which provide insight into business performance and outcomes
- Identify key drivers of core business outcomes through regression analyses and other statistical techniques
- Contribute to our team and company data culture through peer collaboration, training, coaching and sharing of AI best practices
Requirements
- BA/BS degree, preferably in Economics, Statistics, Math, or Computer Science
- 3+ years in analytics, data science, or economics
- Strong AI curiosity and hands-on experience using AI tools in data science workflows (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar)
- Flexibility and comfort working across diverse problem types—from partnership measurement to refund operations optimization
- Strong written and verbal communication skills: this role will require writing content and explaining results to internal and external audiences
- Strong experience using SQL to query large datasets, proficiency with data visualization software (e.g., Tableau, Looker), and familiarity with statistics/programming languages (e.g., R, Python)
- Ability to detect and debug data anomalies in complex operational processes and a track record of working with business leaders to drive improvements and efficiencies
- Demonstrated ability to self-motivate and drive projects independently as well as partner successfully with cross-functional teams.
Benefits
- Thumbtack embraces diversity.
- Equal opportunity workplace.
- Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
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