Senior Staff Data Scientist

Remote About the Team: Netlify’s Data team helps the company understand and improve the full product-led growth journey, from activation and engagement through conversion, retention, and monetization. We partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Growth to uncover opportunities, evaluate investments, and understand what drives customer and business outcomes. We’re hiring a Senior Staff Data Scientist to deepen how data shapes our product and growth strategy. You’ll develop an end-to-end understanding of the PLG journey, proactively identify opportunities, and turn complex data into hypotheses, experiments, and recommendations that influence where we invest and what we build. This is a highly autonomous role for someone who can move from identifying an important question to shaping the approach, defining success, and driving toward an answer. What You'll Do:

Own the analytical understanding of Netlify’s PLG performance across activation, engagement, conversion, monetization, and retention, identifying opportunities before they become requests
Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to turn behavioral insights into product bets, defining what to test, how to measure it, and what the results mean
Lead experimentation from hypothesis through decision, including study design, methodology, success metrics, guardrails, analysis, and recommendations
Apply statistical rigor where it matters while recognizing when there is enough signal to make a decision and move forward, and help teams develop that same judgment
Build scalable analytical systems like semantic models, trusted metrics, proactive monitoring, and AI-powered agentsthat surface opportunities without waiting to be asked
Use AI to investigate faster, automate recurring analytical work, and test more hypotheses without sacrificing the judgment that makes the output useful
Identify gaps in measurement,event instrumentation,and metric definitions,and partner with Dataand Product Engineeringto close them
Serve as a trusted analytical partner to PLG leadership,use evidenceand product judgmentto influence investment decisionsand roadmap priorities
Influence product strategy through evidence ,product instincts,and a clear point of view ,without relying on formal authorityto do it

What You'll Bring:

8+ years of experience in product analytics,growth analytics ,or data science ,with a track record of high ownershipand measurable impact on PLG or consumer product outcomes
Deep understanding of productand growth dynamics across activation ,engagement ,conversion ,monetization ,and retention
Demonstrated ability to turn behavioral data into product hypothesesand carry them from insight through experimentationand measured outcomes
Deep experimentation expertise: study design ,statistical reasoning ,causal inference ,and the judgment to know when an experiment has told you what you need to know
Experience building analytical systems such as metrics layers ,monitoring frameworks ,or semantic models that teams can rely on over time
An AI-native approach to analysis: you use AI tools activelyto accelerate investigation ,automate repetitive work,and surface patterns faster
A track record of influencing senior stakeholdersand product direction through analytical reasoning ,clear recommendations,and sound judgment
Comfort operating with significant autonomyin ambiguous problem spaces ,including determining which questions are most importantto answer
Strong writtenand verbal communication skills in distributed environments ,with the abilityto make complex findings clearand recommendations actionable

This Role is a Great Fit If:

You're energized by findingthe opportunity before anyone thoughtto ask - proactive discoveryis how you naturally work ,not a mode you shift into
You think like a product person who happens to be exceptionally rigorous with data ,not a data person who occasionally weighs in on product
You thrive when the problem isn't handedto you - you'd rather define the question worth asking than answerthe one that landedin your queue
You get excited about building systems that keep working after you've movedon tothe next problem
You're comfortable makinga call with imperfect informationand can articulate clearly why you made it
You enjoy beinga thought partnerto senior leaders - shaping how they think about investmentand opportunity ,not just supporting decisions already made
You work well in a remote-first ,async environment where written clarityand self-direction matter more than proximity
You're drawnto roles where themeasure of successis outcomes ,decisions made,bets tested ,metrics moved-not volumeof output produced

Applying Not sure you meet100%of our qualifications? Please apply anyway! When applying please include: A resume or short listingof your job history & skills (link toa LinkedIn profile would be fine). We appreciatea cover letter explaining why you would enjoy workingin this role at Netlify togettoknow you abit better though this is not requiredand will not impact your application. Our missionis to “build a better web”and that cannot be done withouta diversityof skill sets backgroundsand thoughts. Of everything we've ever built at Netlify we are most proudof our team. Netlifyis an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are devotedto buildinga teamof peoplewith diverse backgroundsand lifestyles. Driving equality empowers our team enables us to innovate helps us maintaina more inclusive environment. We don’t discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression sexual orientation religion age race military/veteran status citizenship pregnancy status or any other differences. If we can do anythingtoprovideabetter interview i.e.accommodatea disability then please let us knowby emailing accommodations@netlify.com. About Netlify Netlifyis themost popular wayto build deployandscale modern web applications empowering everyonefrom fast moving solo developers to enterprise teams. Millionsof developersand organizations relyon Netlifyas their platformof choicefor composing web applicationsthat are production ready performant flexible. Nowas we embrace thenext eraof software developmentwe are embeddingthe same fluid intuitive experienceinto the Agent Experience (AX) makingit just assimplefor intelligent agents tounderstand interactwith actonour platformas it is for developers.Whether your userishumanormachine Netlifyensures the pathfrom ideato URLisseamless fast deeply reliable. We area Series D company that has raisedover $200M from investors suchas Andreessen Horowitz Kleiner Perkins EQT Bessemer BOND Menlo Ventures.As afully distributed companywe aimtocreatea company culturewherethe best ideacan comefrom anywhere strive tobethoughtful compassionate collaborativein our work.If this sounds like somethingyou’d like tobepartof we’re excitedtoconnectwithyou! At Netlifywe are committedtoa compensation philosophythat prioritizes fairness equity positions ouremployee compensation competitivelyin themarket recognizes rewards performance takes comprehensive approach rewards package.Our anchorour compensation philosophyon market-based approach therefore salary rangesmay differ dependingon labor cost particular location.The salary provided isin addition robust benefits participation Netlify’s equity plan.Our hiring rangeforthis role istargeted at $204000 - $275000 formost US-based locations.Candidates outside US or premium markets should consult Talent Acquisition partner regarding location-based ranges astheymay behigher lower than average US range listed.The starting paywill bedetermined basedon multiple factors including expertise skills market demands experience internal equity applicable geographic location.These compensation packages ranges subject change may modified future.