Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Earnest empowers ambitious professionals to make confident financial decisions and build the life they envision. The Lead Data Scientist will be responsible for building and owning pricing systems, leading experiments, and mentoring teammates to enhance the team's capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Build and own end-to-end pricing systems—from experimentation to production—that directly shape revenue and unit economics
- Lead high-impact pricing experiments and apply advanced methods to uncover what truly drives conversion, retention, and profitability
- Act as a go-to expert in pricing and demand modeling, influencing strategy across Product, Risk, Finance, and Marketing
- Drive cross-functional initiatives from idea to launch, partnering closely with engineering to deliver scalable, real-world solutions
- Turn complex analyses into clear, compelling insights that guide leadership decisions
- Mentor teammates and help raise the bar on experimentation, modeling, and technical rigor
Skills
- 6+ years of experience in data science, pricing, or quantitative modeling (or an advanced degree with relevant experience)
- Strong fluency in Python/R and SQL
- Built and shipped pricing or demand models that drive real business impact
- Comfortable owning problems end-to-end
- Deep expertise in pricing optimization, elasticity, and econometrics
- Ability to apply causal inference and experimentation in real-world settings
- Thrive in cross-functional environments, influencing partners and translating complex work into clear, actionable insights
- Enjoy mentoring others and raising the bar for how teams approach modeling, experimentation, and decision-making
- Experience in fintech, lending, or financial services with ownership of pricing models
- Familiarity with financial metrics, risk-adjusted returns, and capital markets
- Experience working with cloud platforms and modern data tools (e.g., AWS, DBT, Airflow, Looker)
- Exposure to LLMs or NLP applied to pricing or financial use cases
Benefits
- Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans
- Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office
- Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match
- Robust tuition reimbursement program
- $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world
- Competitive days of annual PTO
- Competitive parental leave
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