Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Button is a company on a mission to build a better internet fueled by commerce. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a critical role in shaping how intelligence is embedded into products and decision-making, operating at the intersection of Product, Engineering, and GTM to translate complex data into clear strategy and production systems.
Responsibilities
- Design, test, and iterate on machine learning models that power recommendation, ranking, routing, and monetization
- Own A/B testing strategy and causal measurement for product features and partner performance
- Partner with engineers to productionize models and integrate them into live systems
- Build analyses, dashboards, and tools that inform product strategy and customer outcomes
- Define metrics and success criteria for new initiatives
- Deep dive into product and user data to derive actionable insights and size opportunities to improve products, strategy and operations, influencing roadmaps through insights and recommendations
- Help establish foundational data practices and help scale our analytics infrastructure to support rapid iteration and decision-making as our products grow leveraging our existing technical stack
- Raise the bar for statistical rigor and experimentation across the company
Skills
- 5+ years applying statistics or machine learning in production environments
- Deep understanding of experimentation, causal inference, and Bayesian or frequentist methods
- 3+ years of experience working closely with Product or Engineering teams on API or developer-facing products, with demonstrated impact on product roadmap and strategy
- Strong Python skills
- Strong SQL proficiency and proven track record working with large scale datasets
- Experience with AWS, distributed systems, and high volume data pipelines
- Experience deploying and maintaining models in production
- Solid foundation in linear algebra, optimization, and model evaluation
- Experience with AI/ML operations & tooling: understanding of API rate limiting, inference workload patterns, accelerator management
- Strong product instincts and comfort operating in ambiguity
- Ability to independently scope problems and drive solutions
- Clear communicator who can explain technical tradeoffs to non technical partners
- Highly effective written communication and presentation skills
- A track record of translating complex data into clear, actionable insights for both technical and business stakeholders
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where you must create clarity, drive forward progress, and pivot when necessary
- Strong grasp of model lifecycle management (real-time performance tracking, data drift monitoring, retrain intervals)
- Bias toward shipping and measurable impact
- Collaborative mindset across Product, Engineering, and GTM teams
- Experience in marketplaces, ads tech, retail media, or growth optimization
- Strong instincts for what drives product adoption, engagement, and retention
- Familiarity with both B2C and B2B marketing analytics, and a holistic view of how different product verticals support one another
- Experience with ranking, pricing, or allocation problems
- Familiarity with feature stores, model monitoring, or ML platforms
- Experience with MLFlow (or similar tools), Sagemaker, Vector Databases (Pinecone, Faiss, Amazon MemoryDB), SparkML, Docker, Experimentation Platforms (Statsig, Eppo by Datadog)
Benefits
- Button provides employees with a 401(k) plan and automatically contributes 3% of an employee’s salary annually.
- Buttonians enjoy unlimited time off (including birthdays off) and periodic Mental Health Weeks which allow the entire company to take a breath and recharge, as well as an employee assistance program.
- For many of the health, vision, and dental insurance plans offered by Button, the company covers 100% of the premiums for employees and 75% for dependents.
- Button offers all employees and their dependents complimentary memberships to One Medical as well as a monthly stipend for mobile phone/internet and an annual lifestyle stipend.
- Button also offers employees in select markets “All Access” memberships to WeWork as well as regular “coworking days” and social events.
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