Applied Scientist, Customer Growth at Thumbtack | USA | $160K/yr – $243K/yr

Thumbtack

Applied Scientist, Customer Growth

USA (Remote)

$160K/yr – $243K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end applied AI initiatives from design to production with measurable business impact.

Must-have: 5+ years of applied AI / data science with production deployments
Standout: Familiarity with agentic tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex for rapid delivery

Job Description

Responsibilities

Initiate and drive applied science initiatives to completion, with a focus on the business impact
Build and deploy AI systems to production, examples:
Customer Lifetime Value
LLM-powered agentic systems to generate ad copies at scale and understand campaign performance across various segments
Recommendation systems to drive user engagement
Next best action models to personalize communications
Analyze a wide variety of data: structured and unstructured, observational and experimental to drive model development
Maintain the right balance between speed of execution and scientific rigor when designing solutions
Own the reliability and performance of deployed models, including monitoring and iterative improvement

Requirements

5+ years of experience in applied AI / data science with demonstrated experience deploying models to production
Ability to effectively read, write, and debug code in programming languages such as Python
Familiarity with agentic software engineering tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex
Solid foundation in probability and statistics, including experimental design, predictive modeling, optimization, and causal inference
Ability to drive technical and impactful roadmaps for the business
Experience working through complex projects with cross functional execution
Ability to break down complex problems rigorously and understand the tradeoffs necessary to deliver impactful projects
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to cross functional partners of various technical levels

Thumbtack

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Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance, and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know projects to do, when to do them, and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.Please be advised: Thumbtack's Recruiting team will only communicate with active candidates from Thumbtack LinkedIn verified accounts and name@thumbtack.com email addresses. Careers-thumbtack.com is a fradulent email address.

Founded in 2008

Benicia, California, USA

1.6K employees (254 in marketing)

www.thumbtack.com

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