# Staff Data Scientist (Pricing) at GoFundMe

- Company: GoFundMe
- What the company does: Backed by Accel, Greylock and Norwest.
- Company website: http://www.gofundme.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $270K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-01-29
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gofundme/jobs/7494744
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gofundme-staff-data-scientist-pricing/

## About the role

We’re looking for a Staff Data Scientist (Pricing) to serve as the senior individual contributor driving the science, strategy, experimentation and AI deployment behind pricing and yield optimization at GoFundMe. This role sits at the intersection of economics, behavioral science, experimentation, and machine learning, with direct responsibility for optimizing donation conversion, donation amounts, and donor experience across the product.

## What they're looking for

- Deep experience applying economic reasoning, causal inference, and behavioral modeling to real-world decision-making problems
- Demonstrated ability to own ambiguous, high-impact problems and deliver measurable business outcomes
- Strong foundation in econometrics, causal inference, and behavioral modeling
- Deep understanding of price elasticity, choice modeling, and decision science
- Experience modeling noisy, sparse, or non-transactional behavioral data
- Hands-on experience designing and interpreting experiments and causal signals

Tags: Data