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# Senior Data Scientist, Product Analytics

- **Company:** Handshake
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $162,000.0 - $203,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** A/B Testing, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Big Data, Data Visualization, Decision Support Systems, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Standard Sql, Usage Analysis, Jupyter Notebook
- **Published:** July 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d8a07c51afe07942

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or Product Analyst driving product strategy through data.
 * Expert-level SQL skills with experience analyzing large, complex datasets.
 * Strong experience with experimentation, A/B testing, and statistical analysis.
 * Experience partnering closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
 * Python experience for analytics (e.g., Jupyter notebooks, pandas).
 * Strong business intuition with the ability to translate data into strategic recommendations.
 * Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical and executive audiences.
 * High ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive ambiguous projects to completion.

Extra Credit

 * Experience working on marketplace, pricing, or growth analytics.
 * Experience supporting machine learning model evaluation or benchmarking.
 * Experience with BI and visualization tools such as Hex, Mode, or similar platforms.
 * Enthusiasm for AI-first ways of working and leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis and decision making.

## Description

We're looking for a Senior Data Scientist, Product Analytics to lead analytics for Handshake's Recruiting marketplace. You'll drive measurement and strategy across marketplace health, liquidity, pricing, and product-led growth, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Leadership to shape the future of our marketplace.

This is a highly impactful, hands-on role where you'll own analytics strategy, influence product direction, and work alongside our Relevance (ML) team to ensure our models deliver measurable business impact.

What You'll Do

 * Partner with Product, Engineering, and R&D leadership to define and measure marketplace health, liquidity, pricing, and growth.
 * Own analytics strategy, domain metrics, goal setting, and reporting for your product area.
 * Lead experimentation, including test design, instrumentation, analysis, and recommendations.
 * Partner with our Relevance team to evaluate and benchmark machine learning models.
 * Conduct deep analyses across user behavior, funnels, cohorts, and marketplace performance to uncover actionable insights.
 * Collaborate with Analytics Engineering to define trusted metrics and scalable data models.
 * Build dashboards and reporting that enable fast, data-driven decision making.
 * Champion AI-powered workflows and help shape the future of Product Analytics at Handshake.


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