[Remote] Principal Data Scientist

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Skool is a fast-growing, mission-driven company focused on education and community. The Principal Data Scientist will shape the use of data science across the company by building recommendation, ranking, search, matchmaking, and personalization systems, while driving experimentation and analysis to improve engagement, growth, activation, retention, and advertising.

Responsibilities

• Build models and algorithms for feed, recommendation, ranking, and search to help users discover relevant communities and people
• Own data science work across growth, product, and user engagement, from analysis through measured results
• Use real-time data to find opportunities, test ideas quickly, and refine models based on outcomes
• Develop predictive models for activation, retention, and other key funnels
• Design and run experiments, analyze results, and turn findings into clear product and business decisions
• Partner with Growth to test and improve advertising, including measuring its impact on acquisition and engagement

Skills

• You have deep data science experience and a track record of using analysis, experiments, and models to grow a consumer product
• You have hands-on experience building recommendation, matchmaking, ranking, search, or personalization systems
• You have a strong foundation in machine learning and statistical modeling using tools such as Python and scikit-learn
• You favor quick action and experimentation over long analysis and can build enough conviction in your work to bet on it
• You are comfortable managing real budget, being wrong, learning quickly, and making the next bet
• You can own ambiguous problems, decide what matters, and move without waiting for permission
• You are strong at data analysis and tool-agnostic. You care about accurate results and business impact more than a specific stack
• You can write enough production-quality code to implement or partner closely on real-time solutions when offline analysis isn't enough
• Bonus: You have hands-on experience optimizing advertising, acquisition, or other performance marketing systems

Benefits

• 100% remote position
• Remote-first
• Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance (including dependents)
• 401(k) matching
• Small, collaborative team that likes to have fun while prioritizing balance

Company Overview

Skool is a platform where course creators host their student communities and courses in one place. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.skool.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Skool has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 2 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.