Founding Data Science Manager, Domains Search

Reposted 13 Hours Ago
New York City, NY
Hybrid
186K-299K
Senior level
Consumer Web • eCommerce • Marketing Tech • Payments • Software • Design • SEO
We build products that help entrepreneurs stand out and succeed.
The Role
The role involves hiring and leading a data science team, establishing a technical vision for domain search, and building systems to enhance user experience with domain name suggestions.
Summary Generated by Built In

We're hiring a Founding Data Science Manager to build a new team focused on transforming how customers discover and choose domain names. This role is a unique opportunity to shape a greenfield initiative at the intersection of machine learning, large language models (LLMs), natural language processing (NLP), data engineering, and search UX.

You will hire and lead a cross-functional team of Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, and Data Engineers to build the next generation of our domain search experience — from intelligent name generation to real-time validation, ranking, personalization, and optimization.

This job reports to the Senior Software Engineering Manager, Domains Engineering. The Domains Engineering team follows a hybrid work schedule of three days/week in office.

You'll Get To...
  • Hire, lead, and mentor a team spanning Data Science, ML Engineering, and Data Engineering disciplines.
  • Establish the technical vision and roadmap for domains search, working at the intersection of LLMs, traditional ML, heuristics, and user behavior modeling.
  • Build systems for generating high-quality domain name suggestions, including prompt-tuned LLMs, keyword classifiers, rule-based engines, and internationalized naming models.
  • Develop and deploy ranking and personalization models that consider relevance, brandability, uniqueness, and user context.
  • Set up infrastructure for real-time validation, including domain availability, trademark conflicts, and social handle checks.
  • Design and operationalize experimentation frameworks and analytics to capture user behavior, measure impact, and optimize search results.
  • Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Legal, and Design to define success metrics and deliver an innovative, intuitive, and responsible customer experience.
  • Build reusable APIs and components that integrate domain search across the Squarespace platform.
Who We're Looking For
  • 6+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or related fields, with 2+ years managing or tech-leading teams.
  • A strong product mindset and are excited about building applied ML/LLM solutions that are both technically robust and user-centric.
  • Experience starting or scaling cross-functional teams and enjoy building team culture, processes, and systems from the ground up.
  • Experience balancing vision-setting with hands-on execution, especially in early stages of team formation.
  • Experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP) — especially with tasks like text classification, semantic similarity, and generative models.
  • Experience collaborating with diverse teams and translating ambiguous product problems into measurable technical outcomes.
Benefits & Perks
  • A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums
  • Fertility and adoption benefits
  • Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
  • Headspace mindfulness app subscription
  • Global Employee Assistance Program
  • Retirement benefits with employer match
  • Flexible paid time off
  • 20 weeks for parental leave and up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member
  • Pretax commuter benefit
  • Education reimbursement
  • Employee donation match to community organizations
  • 8 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
  • Dog-friendly workplace
  • Free lunch and snacks
  • Private rooftop
  • Hack week twice per year
Cash Compensation Range: $185,500 - $299,000 USD

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors.

In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include on-target commissions or overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.


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Top Skills

Data Engineering
Large Language Models
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Search Ux

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
1,723 Employees
Year Founded: 2003

What We Do

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business.

At Squarespace, we celebrate creative possibility. With a culture rooted in curiosity, Squarespace aims to provide its employees with the support to turn possibility into reality – learning from challenges and celebrating progress. At Squarespace we root for customer and employee success, uplifting them with the tools needed to achieve their goals, while also applauding what makes them unique and fulfilled. Our customers and employees alike are imaginative, with the confidence to put their ideas out into the world and welcoming input and iteration. And our people run towards the next frontier to create our success, motivated by the unknown and inspired by “first-ever” opportunities, truly embracing a sense of possibility.

Why Work With Us

Squarespace employees are ownership-minded, builders, tenacious, resourceful, hands-on, humble, self-motivated, experimental, curious, resilient, inclusive, and empathetic.

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