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Houzz is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead data science initiatives across Document, Accounting, Takeoffs, and Pro Commerce tracks—mission-critical components of the Houzz Pro software platform for home industry professionals.
In this role, you will serve as a thought partner to product managers, engineering, and design teams, providing data-driven insights to guide product development and business strategy. You will own complex data science projects end-to-end, from hypothesis framing through stakeholder communication.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with PMs on the document, accounting, takeoffs, and pro commerce tracks to define key metrics, measure feature adoption, derive insights on professional user behavior, and shape growth-oriented product strategies
- Lead sophisticated data science initiatives, including A/B test design and analysis, causal inference methods, and machine learning applications; drive adoption of recommendations across teams
- Analyze large, complex datasets to uncover what drives value for professionals; translate findings into clear narratives and dashboards for stakeholders at all levels
- Collaborate with data engineering to improve data pipelines, instrumentation, and data quality
- Leverage AI tools to accelerate exploratory analysis, code generation, and recurring reporting; identify innovative DS projects to uncover new opportunities
- Work effectively in areas of ambiguity, framing hypotheses, defining success metrics, and leading implementation of solutions to complex, open-ended problems with minimal guidance
- Provide technical guidance to junior team members and foster a culture of continuous learning
Requirements:
- B.A./B.S. in technical/quantitative disciplines or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of analytics experience, preferably with a SaaS business
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python
- Solid foundation in statistics and experimentation, including A/B test design, causal inference, and statistical significance
- Ability to work independently, run own projects, host stakeholder meetings, manage expectations of senior leaders, and complete projects with minimal supervision
- Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills at senior leadership levels
- Practical experience with LLMs (calling model APIs, prompt engineering, fine-tuning)
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills with high autonomy
- Product mindset and genuine curiosity about small business and home professional workflows
- Experience using Tableau
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Statistics, Operations Research, or Engineering
- Baseline understanding of US business accounting workflows or ERP integrations (e.g., QuickBooks)
- Familiarity with home construction, remodeling, or trade business operations (estimating, invoicing, etc.)
- Experience evaluating generative AI systems, including output quality measurement, hallucination detection, and using LLMs as evaluators
