We’re looking for a Senior Data Scientist, Product Analytics to lead analytics for Handshake’s Recruiting marketplace. You’ll drive measurement and strategy across marketplace health, liquidity, pricing, and product-led growth, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Leadership to shape the future of our marketplace.
This is a highly impactful, hands-on role where you’ll own analytics strategy, influence product direction, and work alongside our Relevance (ML) team to ensure our models deliver measurable business impact.
What You’ll DoPartner with Product, Engineering, and R&D leadership to define and measure marketplace health, liquidity, pricing, and growth.
Own analytics strategy, domain metrics, goal setting, and reporting for your product area.
Lead experimentation, including test design, instrumentation, analysis, and recommendations.
Partner with our Relevance team to evaluate and benchmark machine learning models.
Conduct deep analyses across user behavior, funnels, cohorts, and marketplace performance to uncover actionable insights.
Collaborate with Analytics Engineering to define trusted metrics and scalable data models.
Build dashboards and reporting that enable fast, data-driven decision making.
Champion AI-powered workflows and help shape the future of Product Analytics at Handshake.
5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or Product Analyst driving product strategy through data.
Expert-level SQL skills with experience analyzing large, complex datasets.
Strong experience with experimentation, A/B testing, and statistical analysis.
Experience partnering closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Python experience for analytics (e.g., Jupyter notebooks, pandas).
Strong business intuition with the ability to translate data into strategic recommendations.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical and executive audiences.
High ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive ambiguous projects to completion.
Experience working on marketplace, pricing, or growth analytics.
Experience supporting machine learning model evaluation or benchmarking.
Experience with BI and visualization tools such as Hex, Mode, or similar platforms.
Enthusiasm for AI-first ways of working and leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis and decision making.
Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported—and thrive at work and in life.
The below benefits are for full-time US employees.
🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company
💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching
💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, wellness stipend
📚 Growth: Learning stipend, ongoing development
💻 Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office
🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days
🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses
Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or Product Analyst driving product strategy through data.
- Expert-level SQL skills with experience analyzing large, complex datasets.
- Strong experience with experimentation, A/B testing, and statistical analysis.
- Experience partnering closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Python experience for analytics (e.g., Jupyter notebooks, pandas).
- Strong business intuition with the ability to translate data into strategic recommendations.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical and executive audiences.
- High ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive ambiguous projects to completion.
- Experience working on marketplace, pricing, or growth analytics.
- Experience supporting machine learning model evaluation or benchmarking.
- Experience with BI and visualization tools such as Hex, Mode, or similar platforms.
- Enthusiasm for AI-first ways of working and leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis and decision making.
Handshake Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Handshake and has not been reviewed or approved by Handshake.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off practices include flexible/unlimited PTO, companywide recharge weeks in summer and winter, plus additional volunteer and personal holiday time. Feedback suggests sabbaticals and coordinated breaks help people actually use rest time.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as extended for primary and secondary caregivers, and family-oriented policies are highlighted. Fertility and family-support resources are referenced in public materials.
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Healthcare Strength — Core coverage spans medical, dental, and vision, with added mental-health resources and wellness programming. Feedback suggests these supports contribute meaningfully to overall wellbeing.
Handshake Insights
What We Do
Handshake is the #1 place to launch a career with no connections, experience, or luck required. The platform connects up-and-coming talent with 650,000+ employers - from Fortune 500 companies like Google, Nike, and Target to thousands of public school districts, healthcare systems, and nonprofits. Earlier this year, we announced our $200M Series F funding round. This Series F fundraise and new valuation of $3.5B will fuel Handshake’s next phase of growth and propel our mission to help more people start, restart, and jumpstart their careers.
Why Work With Us
How someone builds their career is foundational. We believe in working with the higher education community to help students build meaningful careers. We are at the nexus of universities, students and employers— and we’re able to connect the very best pieces of each side. We’re proud to create a community where students can be more successful.
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