Staff Data Scientist, Growth

About the team/role

We are seeking a seasoned Staff Data Scientist to drive user acquisition, activation, and retention. You will utilize math, grit, and the latest GenAI tools to accelerate insights, streamline workflows, and iterate rapidly on growth hypotheses, to move the needle since the Data Science team is a critical driver of Checkr’s growth. By leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning, this role has ample headroom to bend the curve of our user acquisition, activation, and retention, playing to our already strong competitive advantages.

As a Staff Data Scientist on our Growth team, you lead the debate with rigor and data, navigating a dense cross-functional team, and serve as the direct owner of all analytics, ML models, and the experimental roadmap that turbocharge user acquisition, activation, and retention for Checkr.

What you’ll do

• PLG Funnel & Experimentation: Define north-star growth metrics, design A/B tests, and run rapid experiments to boost conversion and reduce churn
• Deep Analysis & Insights Automation: Leverage LLMs and GenAI frameworks to accelerate data exploration, prototype predictive models, generate hypotheses, and build the right pipelines to automate it all
• Data-Driven Feature Work: Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Marketing, RevOps, and Design to launch ML-powered features (e.g., personalized onboarding flows, predictive lead scoring, recommendations)
• Ship DS in Production: This is not a lab job; you will build and deploy models in production
  
  

What you bring

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent experience highly preferred
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in data science or machine learning within fast-scaling B2B or SaaS environments, with a proven ability to drive measurable business impact
• A strong command in Python, SQL, and modern MLOps and data CI/CD practices
• Strong foundation in mathematics and/or statistical modeling — critical for designing robust experiments and building effective ML models.
• Proven track record designing and running high-impact experiments that move key growth metrics
• Practical experience leveraging GenAI tools (e.g., LLMs, prompt engineering, automated feature generation, model compression platforms) to accelerate data exploration, prototype faster, and automate repetitive workflows — with a strong understanding of how to apply these tools to real-world growth problems.
• Proven communication and stakeholder management skills; can lead executive conversations
• A provocative, scrappy, test-and-learn mindset: you love speed, creative data wrangling, and challenging assumptions

What you’ll get

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity compensation and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend, home office stipend

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 2 to 3 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. 

One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.

The base salary range for this role is $196,000 - $230,000 in San Francisco, CA.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Checkr is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences. Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.