Data Scientist (Growth)

Location: San Francisco, California; onsite

Salary: $145,000–$162,000 per year for roles based in San Francisco

Company

Notion builds a collaborative AI workspace for knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools used by individuals, teams, and companies.

What you will do

• Apply statistical inference and experimentation to measure the impact of product changes and guide decisions.
• Analyze ambiguous business questions to identify opportunities for the Growth organization and influence strategy and roadmap planning.
• Partner with product, engineering, and marketing leaders to drive data science and analytics initiatives.
• Define north star and operational metrics and build foundational datasets and dashboards to monitor progress.
• Communicate findings across the company and drive changes in product and business decisions.

Requirements

• Expertise in SQL and at least one scripting language, ideally Python or R.
• Experience using statistical inference and experimentation to produce actionable recommendations.
• Ability to transform raw data and build datasets when required measures do not already exist.
• Comfort with ambiguity, business-oriented decision-making, and balancing speed with accuracy.
• Experience acting as a strategic thought partner to product, engineering, and marketing leaders.

Nice to have

• Experience at a fast-growing startup.
• Experience at a B2B SaaS company.
• Experience building and evaluating predictive models.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits.
• Emphasis on craft, durable products, intellectual curiosity, and experimentation.
• AI is encouraged as a collaborator in daily work, with AI fluency required only for roles where explicitly stated.
• Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodations during the hiring process.