Data Scientist (Growth)

• We’re seeking a Data Scientist to join our Data & Analytics team within the Growth organization. This isn’t a typical analyst role - you’ll be the lead growth data scientist at Eight Sleep, owning complex forecasting challenges that directly impact our supply chain, marketing spend, and business growth
• Advanced demand forecasting models to solve our biggest operational challenge: eliminating stock-outs during peak periods (Black Friday, holidays) while avoiding overcommitting capital on inventory
• Marketing spend optimization algorithms that go beyond our current Prophet model, incorporating seasonality, macro trends, and cross-channel effects to improve our CAC targeting
• Experimentation frameworks for incrementality testing across our marketing channels (Meta, Google, YouTube) with proper statistical rigor
• Marketing attribution models that handle our complex customer journey and multi-touch attribution challenges

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Paid parental leave
• Comprehensive medical insurance
• Your own Pod
• Pet-friendly offices
• Equity participation & periodic refreshes
• Fast career growth & salary progression
• Weekly fitness classes in our offices
• Work directly with founders and executives
• 5 in-person offices in NYC, Boston, SF, Shenzhen and Milan- The ideal candidate has deep experience with time series forecasting, experimentation design, and translating ambiguous business problems into data-driven solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication - you can translate complex findings into actionable insights. Your written and verbal communication skills are excellent
• 5+ years of data science experience with demonstrable impact on business-critical forecasting and optimization problems
• High sense of agency - you are an independent self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is comfortable owning a high level of responsibility
• High ownership mentality - comfortable with ambiguous problems and 60+ hour weeks during critical periods. This is a startup where your work directly impacts our trajectory
• Forecasting expertise - you’ve built production models that handle seasonality, growth trends, and external factors. Bonus points if you’ve worked with Prophet and know its limitations
• Strong experimentation background - you can design proper A/B tests, understand incrementality measurement, and have experience with marketing mix modeling
• Business acumen - you can translate between technical solutions and business stakeholders (Growth, Finance, Operations teams)
• Advanced Python/R skills plus expert SQL - you’ll be building production pipelines and complex models, not just ad-hoc analysis