Senior Data Scientist (Growth) (Canada)

Senior Data Scientist (Growth) (Canada)

21 Aug
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Shakepay
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Canada

21 Aug

Shakepay

Canada

- You’ll work closely with engineering and design, while also partnering across marketing, finance, and operations to help us identify growth opportunities and make smarter decisions across the business

- You’ll combine experimentation, statistical rigor, business intuition, and product thinking to influence how we grow, retain, and better serve millions of Canadians

- Partner closely with engineers and designers across our product squads to improve acquisition, activation, retention, monetization, and customer experience

- Collaborate with marketing, finance, and operations teams to uncover growth opportunities and drive better business decisions

- Champion and evangelize experimentation and decision frameworks that help us ship and iterate quickly with confidence

- Define KPIs and success metrics that help teams stay aligned around measurable outcomes

- Use statistical analysis, forecasting, causal inference, and machine learning techniques to better understand user behavior and business performance

- Identify high-leverage opportunities proactively through deep analysis of user journeys, lifecycle behavior, conversion funnels, and financial performance

- Help shape squad and company priorities by bringing data-informed perspectives on impact, tradeoffs, and ROI

- Build dashboards, models, and self-serve tools that improve visibility into growth and business performance across the organization

- Collaborate with the broader data team to maintain a shared and consistent data layer that serves our stakeholders and internal agents

- Foster a culture of experimentation, curiosity, and evidence-based decision-making across Shakepay

Benefits

- Equity perks: We believe everyone at Shakepay should benefit from building a generational company, so every shaker owns stock options

- Get paid in bitcoin: You can choose to take a percentage of your salary in bitcoin. Whether you opt for some or none, the choice to be paid in the hardest, soundest money the world has ever known is yours

- Remote friendly: With a flexible schedule,



you can work on your own time, from home or anywhere. And if you’re close by, you’re welcome to work in our Montreal or Toronto offices whenever you want. Being a remote-first company is awesome, but there’s value in spending time with your teammates and deepening these bonds. So, each shaker is entitled to 15 days of travel and accommodation to any Canadian city each year, covered by Shakepay

- Generous vacation: Time off is essential, and we highly encourage it. We trust you to take as much as you need, when you need it. Every team member is expected to take at least 20 days of vacation each year. To help make sure you do, after taking 20 days, shakers receive a $1,000 bonus to put towards their next vacation

- Insurance coverage: We offer health, dental, paramedical, disability, life, and travel coverage so you’re always at your best. On top of our insurance coverage, all shakers also get access to a health and wellness spending account

- Personal development: It’s a marathon, not a sprint. We’re here to help you define and hit your personal career goals so that you can get where you want to be. To support our team, every shaker gets a $2,000 yearly budget to spend on learning and development

- Working from home: Working from home should be comfortable. Every shaker gets $1,200 to spruce up their home office and a monthly stipend for home and internet expenses

- Self-sovereignty: The path to self-sovereignty means being in full control of your coins.





We offer a budget for shakers to get a self-hosted wallet and to build a self-hosted node- We’re looking for an experienced Data Scientist to join one of our cross-functional squads at Shakepay

- This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, enjoys operating with high autonomy, and can turn ambiguous problems into measurable impact

- Experience working cross-functionally with teams such as marketing, finance, operations, or product

- Strong product and business intuition, with the ability to connect user behavior to company outcomes

- Curiosity, speed, and a bias toward action in fast-moving environments

- Willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced workplace
- A demonstrated ability to manage and deliver on multiple projects with high attention to detail

- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence decisions through data and clear reasoning

- Deep understanding of experimentation, causal inference, statistical analysis, forecasting, and KPI design

- Solid understanding of dashboarding and data visualization tools

- 5+ years of experience in data science, growth analytics, experimentation, or related roles in high-growth environments

- Comfortable operating autonomously and driving ambiguous projects from idea to execution

- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python

- Experience in startup or high-growth consumer environments

- Experience with experimentation and product analytics platforms such as Posthog, Statsig, Amplitude

- Experience working with dbt, Snowflake, and modern data stacks

- Experience with lifecycle marketing, customer segmentation, or growth modeling

- Existing Shakepay customer and/or familiarity with the product

- Interest and enthusiasm for the possibilities enabled by Bitcoin and non-sovereign money

- We understand that potential can be just as valuable as experience. If you’re eager to learn, grow, and contribute to the mission but worry that you may not have the “right” experience, we still want you to apply. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background and life experience

📌 Senior Data Scientist (Growth) (Canada)
🏢 Shakepay
📍 Canada

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