About Slickdeals:
We believe shopping should feel like winning. That’s why 10 million people come to Slickdeals to swap tips, upvote the best finds, and share the thrill of a great deal. Together, our community has saved more than $10 billion over the past 26 years.
We’re profitable, passionate, and in the middle of an exciting evolution, transforming from the internet’s most trusted deal forum into the go to daily shopping destination. If you thrive in a fast moving, collaborative environment where ideas turn into impact fast, you'll fit right in.
The Purpose:
Slickdeals is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to help shape how we grow by partnering with Product, Design, Engineering, Finance, and Marketing to deepen our quantitative understanding of what drives user growth. In this role, you'll combine data science, statistics, and causal inference to develop the frameworks and insights that inform product decisions and shape our growth strategy. As a trusted cross functional partner, you'll turn complex business questions into actionable insights that help us build products our users love.
What You'll Do:
- Partner with Product, Design, Engineering, Finance, and Marketing to inform product development and growth strategy through data driven insights.
- Identify new opportunities, define success metrics, quantify business challenges, and turn open ended questions into structured, high impact analytics projects.
- Build scalable measurement frameworks, including lifetime value (LTV) and retention models, to evaluate growth initiatives and support data driven decision making.
- Design, execute, and interpret A/B tests to evaluate product changes and validate hypotheses using causal inference, machine learning methodologies, and experimentation best practices.
- Develop dashboards and reporting that make key metrics and insights accessible and actionable across the organization.
- Translate complex analyses into clear narratives, recommendations, and data stories that influence both technical and non technical stakeholders.
- Collaborate across teams to strengthen the data foundation that supports user growth and experimentation at scale.
What We're Looking For:
- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Sciences, or another quantitative field.
- 5+ years of experience in a Data Scientist role.
- Strong track record designing, executing, and interpreting A/B tests using causal inference methodologies.
- Proficiency in SQL and Python or R, with experience working with large scale datasets and data visualization tools.
- Proven experience translating data into actionable recommendations for executives and cross functional teams.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to navigate ambiguity and uncover meaningful insights from complex business problems.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in fast paced, cross functional environments.
Hybrid schedule visiting San Mateo office three days a week (Tues-Thurs).
- Competitive base salary, annual bonus, and equity package
- Competitive paid time off in addition to holiday time off
- A variety of healthcare insurance plans to give you the best care for your needs
- 401K matching above the industry standard
- Professional Development Reimbursement Program
Work Authorization
Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.
Slickdeals is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other protected status. Slickdeals will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the "Ban the Box" legislation. We may access publicly available information as part of your application.
Slickdeals participates in E-Verify. For more information, please refer to E-Verify Participation and Right to Work.
Slickdeals does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies and is not responsible for related fees.
Skills Required
- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Sciences, or another quantitative field.
- 5+ years of experience in a Data Scientist role.
- Strong track record designing, executing, and interpreting A/B tests using causal inference methodologies.
- Proficiency in SQL and Python or R, with experience working with large-scale datasets and data visualization tools.
- Experience building scalable measurement frameworks including lifetime value (LTV) and retention models.
- Experience developing dashboards and reporting to make metrics accessible across the organization.
- Proven ability to translate complex analyses into clear recommendations for executives and cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
- Hybrid work schedule onsite in San Mateo three days a week (Tues-Thurs).
- Must be eligible to work in the United States (Slickdeals participates in E-Verify).
Slickdeals Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Slickdeals and has not been reviewed or approved by Slickdeals.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as platinum-level across medical, dental, and vision, with consistently strong sentiment on plan quality. This points to robust core coverage and positive experiences using it.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with a match described as above industry standard, with long-term wealth components like company equity highlighted alongside the match. Together these elements present solid long-horizon financial support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Workstyle and lifestyle perks emphasize hybrid flexibility, flexible schedules, commuter support, wellness programs, pet-friendly offices, and office amenities. Development-oriented perks like tuition reimbursement and conferences complement the day-to-day benefits.
Slickdeals Insights
What We Do
Slickdeals is a community of millions of real people working together to save, so consumers can be confident they’re getting the best deal. Twelve million shoppers help other shoppers by vetting and voting up the very best products at the best prices from all the top retailers. Through the power of human intelligence, the community at Slickdeals has saved its savvy shoppers $10 billion. Slickdeals is one of the top ten most visited shopping sites in the U.S. per Similarweb.
Why Work With Us
We're leveling up across the board and that gets a venture where you have startup like themes of hustle, opportunity, and growth potential, while also having benefits of a 21 year old organization like resources, learnings, and data against which to make decisions.
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