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$179,500 – $269,500
Listed on Gofundme’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
This role leads pricing science and donation optimization at GoFundMe, applying economics, behavioral modeling, and machine learning to understand donor decision-making and improve conversion. It suits experienced data scientists or economists who have shipped pricing or marketplace systems and want to combine rigorous causal inference with product impact.
Our summary, not Gofundme’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
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What they ask for
Required
- Ph.D. in Economics, Applied Economics, or closely related quantitative field OR 8+ years in data science/economics/pricing at a high-tech digital company
- Deep experience applying economic reasoning and causal inference to real-world problems
- Ownership of ambiguous, high-impact problems with measurable outcomes
- Strong econometrics and behavioral modeling foundation
- Experience with price elasticity and choice modeling
- Hands-on experiment design and interpretation
- Advanced Python proficiency with analytics libraries
- SQL expertise
- Ability to tell compelling stories from data
- Influence product direction and executive decision-making
- Lead without authority and elevate team practices
Nice to have
- Consumer pricing, marketplace, or digital payments/donations experience
- Experience productionizing models with engineering teams
- Familiarity with Snowflake or Databricks
- Model versioning and validation experience
- Strong data visualization and presentation skills
- Experience with reinforcement learning or adaptive optimization in production