WHO WE ARE: MagicSchool is the premier generative AI platform for teachers. Were just over 2 years old, and more than 6 million teachers from all over the world have joined our platform. Join a top team at a fast growing company that is working towards real social impact. Make an account and try us out at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.magicschool.ai">our website</a> and connect with our passionate community on our <a target="_blank" href="https://love.magicschool.ai/all">Wall of Love</a>.MagicSchool is forming a growth team to accelerate our expansion, and we need a data scientist who understands what drives user growth. Youll work at the intersection of product, marketing, and sales to uncover insights that help us activate, engage, and retain our rapidly growing educator community.This role combines rigorous analytics with growth strategy. You will build models that predict user behavior, design experiments that test growth hypotheses, and create the measurement infrastructure that guides our growth investments.Responsibilities:Growth Analytics &amp; Insights<ul><li>Analyze user funnels to identify drop-off points and optimization opportunities</li><li>Build cohort analyses (or similar)</li><li>Understand retention patterns and user lifecycle</li><li>Work with product and marketing to develop segmentation strategies</li><li>Create predictive models for user activation, conversion, and churn</li><li>Design dashboards that track growth metrics and experiments</li></ul>Experimentation &amp; Testing<ul><li>Partner with product and marketing teams to design A/B tests</li><li>Analyze experiment results with appropriate statistical methods</li><li>Document learnings and build institutional knowledge</li><li>Develop growth product roadmaps based on impact and effort</li></ul>Metrics &amp; Measurement<ul><li>Define and instrument key growth metrics (activation, engagement, retention)</li><li>Build regression-based product attribution models that connect user behaviors and characteristics to retention, health scores, and product engagement outcomes</li><li>Develop health scores and user quality metrics</li><li>Create early warning systems for user churn</li><li>Track and analyze both self-serve and sales-assisted conversion paths</li></ul>Cross-functional Partnership<ul><li>Collaborate with engineering on data infrastructure and instrumentation</li><li>Support marketing with campaign analysis and audience selection</li><li>Enable sales teams with lead scoring and account intelligence</li><li>Partner with product on feature impact analysis</li><li>Communicate insights to stakeholders at all levels</li></ul>Qualifications:<ul><li>5+ years in data science or analytics roles</li><li>Growth team experience at a product-led company</li><li>Experience with growth, product, or marketing analytics</li><li>Strong SQL skills and proficiency in Python</li><li>Understanding of statistical testing and experimental design</li><li>Experience with subscription or SaaS business models</li><li>Track record of driving business impact through analysis</li></ul>Preferred Experience:<ul><li>Understanding of product-led sales motions</li><li>Knowledge of both B2C and B2B analytics</li><li>Familiarity with growth frameworks and best practices</li><li>Experience in EdTech or seasonal businesses</li><li>Background in two-sided marketplaces or network effects</li></ul>Technical Stack:<ul><li>SQL for data analysis and pipeline development</li><li>Python for statistical analysis and modeling</li><li>BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Metabase)</li><li>Product analytics platforms (Amplitude, Mixpanel)</li><li>Cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake)</li><li>Basic understanding of data engineering concepts</li></ul>Why Join Us?<ul><li>Work on cutting-edge AI technology that directly impacts educators and students.</li><li>Join a mission-driven team passionate about making education more efficient and equitable.</li><li>Flexibility of working from home, while fostering a unique culture built on relationships, trust, communication, and collaboration with our team - no matter where they live.</li><li>Unlimited time off to empower our employees to manage their work-life balance. We work hard for our teachers and users, and encourage our employees to rest and take the time they need.</li><li>Choice of employer-paid health insurance plans so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Dental and vision are also offered at very low premiums.</li><li>Every employee is offered generous stock options, vested over 4 years.</li><li>Plus a 401k match &amp; monthly wellness stipend</li></ul>Our Values:<ul><li>Educators are Magic:  Educators are the most important ingredient in the educational process - they are the magic, not the AI. Trust them, empower them, and put them at the center of leading change in service of students and families.</li><li>Joy and Magic: Bring joy and magic into every learning experience - push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI.</li><li>Community:  Foster community that supports one another during a time of rapid technological change. Listen to them and serve their needs.</li><li>Innovation:  The education system is outdated and in need of innovation and change - AI is an opportunity to bring equity, access, and serve the individual needs of students better than we ever have before.</li><li>Responsibility: Put responsibility and safety at the forefront of the technological change that AI is bringing to education.</li><li>Diversity: Diversity of thought, perspectives, and backgrounds helps us serve the wide audience of educators and students around the world.</li><li>Excellence:  Educators and students deserve the best - and we strive for the highest quality in everything we do.</li></ul>

MagicSchool AI

Senior Data Scientist, Growth

MagicSchool AI