Life360 - Senior Decision Scientist, Core Experiences
Requirements
• Core Expectations • Problem-solving mindset: You structure ambiguous problems precisely before reaching for a tool, AI or otherwise • Problem-solving mindset: • Ownership mentality: You take responsibility for your work from framing the question through delivering the recommendation and tracking its impact • Ownership mentality: • AI-native working style: You use AI tooling (Claude Code or equivalent) as a genuine development partner: delegating discrete tasks, reviewing outputs critically, and running parallel workstreams • AI-native working style: • Curiosity and initiative: You ask whether the product is making people’s lives meaningfully better, not just whether a feature moved a metric • Curiosity and initiative: • 5+ years in an analytics, data science, or decision science role at a consumer tech company • Advanced degree in a quantitative field (economics, statistics, quantitative social science, operations research) or equivalent practical experience • Demonstrated experience with causal inference methods in applied settings (e.g., difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, synthetic controls, propensity score matching) • Track record of influencing product or business strategy through data, with specific examples of cross-functional impact • Experience with experimentation platforms (Statsig, Optimizely, or similar) • Proficiency in SQL and Python/R for statistical analysis • Familiarity with growth experimentation design in networked or social contexts • Experience building dbt models or contributing to analytics engineering workflows • Experience with retention analytics driven by a high quality product experience • Experience with subscription or freemium business models
Responsibilities
• Be the strategic thought partner for cross-functional teams (PMs, engineers, marketing, finance). You understand the roadmaps and users, and you notice the gap between what the data shows and what the team assumes. • Tell stories that move teams to act. You'll present to leadership and working teams with clear narratives and a point of view. A great insight that nobody acts on is a failed insight. • Establish causality with the right tools for the situation, including A/B testing, analytics, and causal inference. You work with engineering to implement event instrumentation and with Product to translate insights into action. • Work backward from an understanding of how users experience our product to develop and implement metrics strategies that measure what matters to our users and our business. This enables a deep understanding of our users and their motivation, in a complex ecosystem with multi-user engagement and many ways to interact with our product. • Build explanations on top of measurement that tie what users do to why they do it. • Use AI to multiply your impact. You'll use coding agents and automated analysis daily, and help shape what our AI-native analytics stack looks like, contributing to how we move from reactive to proactive to autonomous.
Benefits
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees) • Paid parental leave • 401(k) plan with company matching program • Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well-being • Generous time off: flexible PTO, companywide holidays throughout the year plus summer and winter shutdowns • Learning & Development programs • Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment • Free Life360 Platinum Membership and Tile trackers • AI Usage: We use AI to help make our hiring process efficient. That said, every hiring decision is made by real Life360 hiring teams • AI Usage: • Life360 Values • Our company’s mission-driven culture is guided by our shared values to create a trusted work environment where you can bring your authentic self to work and make a positive difference • Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust. • Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard. • Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families. • High Intensity, High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done. • Our Commitment to Belonging
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