Staff Data Scientist (San Francisco)

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Your Impact

Handshake is seeking a Staff Data Scientist, Product Analytics to lead how we measure and grow the impact of our products across students, employers, and university partners. Youll partner with product, engineering, and analytics leaders to deliver strategic insights, architect experimentation frameworks, and shape key product and growth decisions.

Your Impact

Handshake is seeking a Staff Data Scientist, Product Analytics to lead how we measure and grow the impact of our products across students, employers, and university partners. Youll partner with product, engineering, and analytics leaders to deliver strategic insights, architect experimentation frameworks, and shape key product and growth decisions.

Your Role

• Define and track critical business and product metrics with product and engineering leaders
• Lead analytics workstreams to uncover trends and drive product innovation
• Design and analyze experiments to guide strategic product development
• Build and scale dashboards and reporting systems for data-driven decisions
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other data scientists and analysts

Your Experience

• 8+ years in data science, analytics, or a related quantitative field, with significant experience in a dynamic two-sided or multi-sided marketplace environment (e.g., e-commerce, ride-sharing, food delivery, gig economy).
• Proven success using data to shape product strategy and drive impact, specifically by analyzing user behavior, matching algorithms, supply/demand dynamics, and other key marketplace metrics to improve platform efficiency, liquidity, and growth.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python, or R for data manipulation, statistical analysis, and machine learning.
• Expertise in experimental design and A/B testing to evaluate the impact of new features and pricing strategies and to mitigate potential network effects.
• Strong communication skills for technical and executive audiences, with the ability to translate complex data and insights into clear, actionable recommendations that influence product roadmaps and business decisions.

Bonus Areas of Expertise

• Experience with dbt or similar data modeling frameworks
• Leadership in developing data-informed product strategies
• Contributions to the data science or analytics community
• Experience in multi-sided marketplace or platform environments
• Familiarity with BI tools such as Looker, Hex, or Mode

About Us

Handshake is the career platform for Gen Z. With a community of over 17 million students, alumni, employers, and career educators, Handshakes network is where career advice and discovery turn into first, second, and third jobs. Nearly 1 million companies use Handshake to build their future workforcefrom Fortune 500 to federal agencies, school districts to startups, healthcare systems to small businesses. Handshake is built for where youre going, not where youve been.

When it comes to our workforce strategy, weve thought deeply about how work-life should look at Handshake. With our hybrid-work model, employees benefit from collaboration and shared team experiences three days per week in our vibrant offices, and enjoy the flexibility of remote work two days per week (unless noted in the specific job posting). Handshake is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, London, and Berlin.

What We Offer

At Handshake, we'll give you the tools to feel healthy, happy and secure.

Benefits Below Apply To US Employees In Full-time Positions.

• Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company.
• 16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth giving parents.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance, Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support.
• Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000 stipend for you to grow your skills and career.
• Financial coaching through Origin to help you through your financial journey.
• ???? Monthly internet stipend and a brand new MacBook to allow you to do your best work.
• Monthly commuter stipend for you to expense your travel to the office (for office-based employees).
• Free lunch provided 3x a week across all offices.
• Referral bonus to reward you when you bring great talent to Handshake.
• 401k Match: Handshake offers a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year.
• All full-time US-based Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. In addition, we offer 13 standardized holidays, and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off. Lastly, we have a Winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off.
• Handshake offers $500 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home.
• Family support: Parental leave coaching and support provided by Parentaly. We partner with Maven Clinic to provide a lifetime coverage up to $15K for expenses related to fertility and family forming!
• Lifestyle Savings Account: We offer you an annual stipend of $500 to use for purchases such as fitness classes, gym memberships, work-from-home setup, and more.

Looking for more? Explore our mission, values and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.

Handshake is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or reasonable accommodation, please let your recruiter know during initial communications.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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