Data Scientist, Product - Notion Labs
San Francisco, CA
About the Job
About Us:We're on a mission to make it possible for every person, team, and company to be able to tailor their software to solve any problem and take on any challenge
Computers may be our most powerful tools, but most of us can't build or modify the software we use on them every day
At Notion, we want to change this with focus, design, and craft.We've been working on this together since 2016, and have customers like Pixar, Mitsubishi, Figma, Plaid, Match Group, and thousands more on this journey with us
Today, we're growing fast and excited for new teammates to join us who are the best at what they do
We're passionate about building a company as diverse and creative as the millions of people Notion reaches worldwide.Notion is an in-person company, and currently requires its employees to come to the office for two Anchor Days (Mondays& Thursdays) and requests that employees spend the majority of their week in the office (including a third day).About The Role:Notion’s mission is to make toolmaking ubiquitous
We are rapidly growing our business to empower every individual to build their own tools, block by block
Truth-seeking is one of Notion’s values, and it lies at the heart of the product data science team’s foundation
Data scientists on this team work closely with engineering teams to transform data into evidence that can direct product decisions.As an early member of the product data science team, you'll be instrumental in setting the roadmap for how product, engineering, and data science work together, and then doing the hands on work to execute against it
There will be significant variation from one day to the next, but whether you're exploring what a successful Notion account looks like, building out a core activity data set, or running experiments to evaluate the success of a key feature launch, you'll absolutely impact the development of Notion.What You'll Achieve:You will apply your expertise in statistical inference, data mining, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand how our users interact with NotionYou will dive into ambiguous areas, define problems and opportunities for the team to work on the next influential projectYou'll design the right set of experiments or analyses to evaluate the success of new featuresYou'll partner closely with a product, engineering, and marketing pillar at every step of the development process, driving forward data science and analytics work in that area.You'll work with your teams to determine both north star and operational metrics, and build and maintain the dashboards that those teams rely on for monitoring progress and making key decisions.You'll influence your product roadmap by communicating your findings with the rest of the company, and driving and verifying change in our product and business
(Insights are useful
Impact is even better!)Skills You'll Need to Bring:You have spent meaningful time as a data scientist partnering with product and engineering teams
You can draw on that experience to identify where data can have the most impact and clearly communicate to your partner teams what that impact is.You have expertise in SQL and at least one scripting language (ideally Python or R).You know how to use statistical inference and experimentation to drive actionable recommendations.You have experience building predictive models, and you know how to evaluate their effectiveness.You are comfortable transforming raw data to build your own data sets if the measure you need doesn't exist yet.You have a bias for using the right tools to get a job done with maximum efficiency
You have experience making tradeoffs between speed and accuracy.We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers
If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply
If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you.Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer
We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic
Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law
Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits
The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below
For roles based in San Francisco or New York City, the estimated base salary range for this role is $136,000 - $230,000 per year.#LI-OnsiteBy clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy.
Computers may be our most powerful tools, but most of us can't build or modify the software we use on them every day
At Notion, we want to change this with focus, design, and craft.We've been working on this together since 2016, and have customers like Pixar, Mitsubishi, Figma, Plaid, Match Group, and thousands more on this journey with us
Today, we're growing fast and excited for new teammates to join us who are the best at what they do
We're passionate about building a company as diverse and creative as the millions of people Notion reaches worldwide.Notion is an in-person company, and currently requires its employees to come to the office for two Anchor Days (Mondays& Thursdays) and requests that employees spend the majority of their week in the office (including a third day).About The Role:Notion’s mission is to make toolmaking ubiquitous
We are rapidly growing our business to empower every individual to build their own tools, block by block
Truth-seeking is one of Notion’s values, and it lies at the heart of the product data science team’s foundation
Data scientists on this team work closely with engineering teams to transform data into evidence that can direct product decisions.As an early member of the product data science team, you'll be instrumental in setting the roadmap for how product, engineering, and data science work together, and then doing the hands on work to execute against it
There will be significant variation from one day to the next, but whether you're exploring what a successful Notion account looks like, building out a core activity data set, or running experiments to evaluate the success of a key feature launch, you'll absolutely impact the development of Notion.What You'll Achieve:You will apply your expertise in statistical inference, data mining, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand how our users interact with NotionYou will dive into ambiguous areas, define problems and opportunities for the team to work on the next influential projectYou'll design the right set of experiments or analyses to evaluate the success of new featuresYou'll partner closely with a product, engineering, and marketing pillar at every step of the development process, driving forward data science and analytics work in that area.You'll work with your teams to determine both north star and operational metrics, and build and maintain the dashboards that those teams rely on for monitoring progress and making key decisions.You'll influence your product roadmap by communicating your findings with the rest of the company, and driving and verifying change in our product and business
(Insights are useful
Impact is even better!)Skills You'll Need to Bring:You have spent meaningful time as a data scientist partnering with product and engineering teams
You can draw on that experience to identify where data can have the most impact and clearly communicate to your partner teams what that impact is.You have expertise in SQL and at least one scripting language (ideally Python or R).You know how to use statistical inference and experimentation to drive actionable recommendations.You have experience building predictive models, and you know how to evaluate their effectiveness.You are comfortable transforming raw data to build your own data sets if the measure you need doesn't exist yet.You have a bias for using the right tools to get a job done with maximum efficiency
You have experience making tradeoffs between speed and accuracy.We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers
If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply
If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you.Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer
We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic
Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law
Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits
The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below
For roles based in San Francisco or New York City, the estimated base salary range for this role is $136,000 - $230,000 per year.#LI-OnsiteBy clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy.
Source : Notion Labs