# Senior Data Scientist, Risk

**Company:** [Gusto](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/gusto)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Data Science
**Salary:** $186k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Python, Statistical Methods, Causal Inference, Experimental Design, Risk Modeling, Data Storytelling, Ai-Assisted Analytics
**Posted:** 2026-06-18

> Staff Data Scientist on the Risk team driving experimentation, statistical inference, and causal analysis to inform strategic decisions. Requires 7-10 years of DS experience, strong SQL/Python, and proven impact influencing leadership.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Partner with stakeholders to translate ambiguous questions into clear, testable analyses and communicate actionable insights
- Define and track metrics to understand business performance; dive deep into risk stack data to deliver insights
- Use statistical reasoning, experimentation frameworks, and causal inference to separate signal from noise
- Design and interpret experiments; define success metrics and measure impact
- Own end-to-end delivery of analyses and metrics for the product area
- Integrate AI-assisted practices to accelerate analysis and expand insights
- Mentor others and raise the bar for data science craft across the team

## Requirements
- 7-10 years of experience in Data Science at a product-focused software company
- Strong SQL skills and comfort with Python
- Proven ability to apply statistical methods, causal inference, and experimental design to real business problems
- Excellent communication skills with a track record of influencing cross-functional stakeholders and leadership
- Demonstrated experience leading technically complex projects with clear business impact
- Proactive, resilient problem-solver who independently structures ambiguous problems into actionable insights
- Passion for mentoring others

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with Risk DS and risk modeling is strongly preferred

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