Senior/Staff Data Scientist

About the role

Render is seeking a Senior/Staff Data Scientist to act as a strategic analytics partner across the organization, helping shape measurement frameworks and drive data‑informed decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with leaders in Product, Growth, Go‑to‑Market, Finance and other teams to identify high‑impact questions and define success metrics.
• Develop KPIs and measurement frameworks for acquisition, activation, adoption, engagement, retention, conversion, expansion and customer outcomes.
• Turn data into strategy by surfacing patterns, diagnosing friction and recommending investment priorities.
• Design and analyze experiments, create guardrail metrics and guide teams on appropriate analytical approaches.
• Build measurement into product development by defining instrumentation and measurement plans early.
• Maintain dbt models, semantic and context layers to provide reliable datasets for decision‑making.
• Establish analytical best practices, mentor peers and promote data literacy across the company.
• Explore AI‑assisted tools to accelerate analytics while maintaining accuracy and context.

Required profile

• 7+ years of analytics experience with a proven record of influencing strategy in complex problem spaces.
• Strong business and product judgment to turn ambiguous questions into actionable analysis.
• Experience defining and using metrics across product, growth, finance or related domains.
• Excellent communication skills to translate complex analysis into clear narratives for non‑technical audiences.
• Track record of influencing cross‑functional teams and senior leaders without direct authority.

Required skills

• Advanced SQL for complex, efficient queries.
• Experience with modern analytics tooling such as dbt, BigQuery, Metabase, Mixpanel, Segment and Git.
• Proficiency in experimentation, statistical analysis and rigorous evaluation methods.
• Use of AI‑assisted coding or analytics tools (e.g., Codex, Cursor, Claude Code) to accelerate analysis.

What we offer

• 4 weeks paid vacation and 14 weeks fully paid parental leave.
• Long‑term disability, life insurance and 401K plans.
• 100% employer‑paid medical coverage; 99% employer‑paid dental and vision for employee and one dependent.
• Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health, hobbies, etc.
• Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy.
• Commuter benefits for Bay Area employees and home office stipend for remote workers.
• Continuous learning benefits.