Senior Data Scientist

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Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist

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New York NY USA
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168K-184K Annually
Senior level
HR Tech • Payments • Professional Services • Software
Our mission is to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence.
The Role
The Senior Data Scientist will lead analytics projects define success metrics run experiments and present data-driven insights to influence product and business strategies.
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Who We Are

At Justworks you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment great benefits wellness program offerings company retreats and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.

We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive entrepreneurial environment are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it we’d love to hear from you.

We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values which are reflected in our product and in our team.

Our Values

If this sounds like you you’ll fit right in.

Department

Technology Data & Analytics Team

Who You Are

You're an experienced data scientist who gets excited about understanding how customers interact with a product – and using that understanding to help teams make smarter decisions. You're a trusted data storyteller: you can write a tight SQL query design a rigorous experiment and then turn those findings into a narrative that moves a roadmap. You believe that the best data science work accelerates learning improves decision making and ultimately drives measurable impact for customers and the business.

Justworks is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our Product Analytics group within the Data & Analytics team. You'll partner across Product Engineering Design Finance Marketing and Revenue to define success metrics run experiments size opportunities and build a data-informed approach to how we grow and improve our product.

Your Success ProfileWhat You Will Work On

Lead end-to-end analytics projects from defining metrics to analyzing data and delivering insights

  • Partner with product leaders to define and measure goal metrics
  • Design and analyze A/B tests quasi-experiments and causal analyses to measure the impact of product changes and help teams understand not just if something worked but why
  • Accelerate product learning cycles through frameworks for experimentation measurement and iteration so teams can move faster without sacrificing rigor
  • Analyze strategic opportunities to inform roadmap prioritization
  • Build compelling narratives from complex data presenting findings in ways that influence decisions with both technical and non-technical audiences from product pods to senior leadership
  • Identify friction and opportunity across the customer lifecycle from onboarding flows to feature adoption to retention signals and translate what you find into actionable strategies
  • Develop and apply AI-assisted approaches to analysis insight delivery and data workflows to multiply your impact and expand the reach of data science across the organization
  • Partner with data engineering and analytics engineering to improve data foundations instrument key events and ensure the right data exists to answer the questions product teams are asking
  • Perform other related responsibilities as needed based on department and/or organizational needs.
How You Will Do Your Work

In the Data Scientist role how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role your foundational knowledge skills abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:

Good judgment - the exercise of critical thinking analyzing and assessing problems and implications identifying patterns making connections of underlying issues understanding risks and developing mitigation strategies and taking ownership of the outcome.Teamwork and communication - putting our collective best together through documentation collaboration relationship-building listening empathy recruiting and evangelism.Influence and leadership - fostering a community of knowledge-sharing collaboration mentorship and forward-thinking. This includes helping product partners develop a more data-informed mindset not just answering their questions.Skills and knowledge - the capacity to actively learn and apply specific domain knowledge know-how and best practices to continually enhance and improve.

In addition all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:

  • Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener treat people respectfully and have a strong desire to know and help others.
  • Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information understand other perspectives and consider new possibilities. You’re curious ask open questions and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.
  • Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You’re committed earnest and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.
  • Integrity - Simply put do what you say and say what you'll do. You’re honest and forthright have a strong moral compass and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example. 
  • Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible but no simpler.”
Qualifications
  • 7+ years of experience as a data scientist or analyst with a track record of driving business impact through statistical analysis experimentation and predictive modeling
  • Strong expertise in experimental design causal inference and statistical methods — you know how to draw defensible conclusions from imperfect data
  • Excellent communication and data storytelling skills — you can translate complex findings into clear narratives that influence strategy and decisions at all levels of the organization
  • Strong business acumen and the ability to connect analysis to product strategy roadmap tradeoffs and business outcomes
  • Proficient in at least one statistical programming language (Python or R)
  • Fluent in SQL
  • Familiarity with a cloud-based data stack (e.g. Snowflake dbt)
  • Demonstrated curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies with a track record of applying them to accelerate analysis improve rigor or expand the reach of data science work
  • Prior experience in a high-growth startup or SaaS company is preferred

The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $167500.00 - $184250.00 per year.

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Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate including and not limited to skill set level of relevant experience and specific work location.  Salary ranges for positions based in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. 

For more information about Justworks’ Total Reward Philosophy including all of the perks and benefits we are proud to offer our team members please visit Total Rewards @ Justworks

Diversity At Justworks

Justworks is committed to maintaining a workplace where diversity of identity culture and life experience is the norm and is celebrated authentically and respected consistently. Diversity in our work our people and our product drives creativity and innovation entrepreneurial leadership and integrity competitiveness and collaboration throughout our business and in the market. We depend on our differences to make our team stronger our workplace more dynamic and our product accessible to all of our customers.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital or familial status disability pregnancy gender identity or expression veteran status genetic information or any other legally protected status. Justworks is fully dedicated to providing necessary support to candidates with disabilities who may require reasonable accommodations. We also provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on their sincerely held religious beliefs as well as for other covered reasons consistent with applicable federal state and local laws. If you're in need of a reasonable accommodation please reach out to us at [email protected]. Your comfort and success matter to us and we're here to ensure an inclusive experience.

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Skills Required

  • 7+ years of experience as a data scientist or analyst
  • Strong expertise in experimental design and causal inference
  • Excellent communication and data storytelling skills
  • Proficient in at least one statistical programming language (Python or R)
  • Fluent in SQL
  • Familiarity with a cloud-based data stack (e.g. Snowflake dbt)
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The Company
HQ: New York NY
1165 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Justworks is a cloud-based software platform that takes the busyness out of growing a business and alleviates the unknown. We've combined a simple platform and exceptional 24/7 customer service to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence by giving them access to corporate-level benefits automated payroll HR tools and compliance support— all in one place.

Why Work With Us

We're building a world in which starting running and joining a growing business is an accessible option for all. If you want to work in an entrepreneurial environment build something meaningful and have fun while doing it join us.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Hybrid roles are based in NYC Mexico City London Tampa or Toronto and some roles are fully remote.

Typical time on-site: 2 days a week
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