Senior Data Scientist
ABOUT RUNDOO ℹ️
Our mission is to empower independent supply stores with best-in-class technology. Think of your local hardware store or mom-and-pop nursery—these are our clients. From paint to lumber to flooring, over 200,000 such stores across the country sell over $1T of building materials annually using outdated, on-premises systems. We’re aiming to help them modernize so that they can continue to thrive.
Backed by leading investors including Bessemer and CRV, we've raised $18M across three rounds and are growing quickly. Our team is made up of builders, sellers, and industry veterans with a shared goal: to bring modern technology to an overlooked industry.
ABOUT THE ROLE 💼
You’ll own data science at Rundoo end-to-end: turning ambiguous business questions into crisp scopes, delivering robust analysis on predictable timelines, and building lightweight internal systems so insights are reproducible (not just a one-off notebook). You’ll be a thought partner to leaders across GTM, product, and finance — shaping the question as much as answering it — and proactively surfacing anomalies and opportunities as the business scales.
This is a remote role with a strong preference for candidates based in SF or NYC. You will report directly to the Head of Data Science.
WHAT YOU’LL DO AS AN DATA SCIENTIST AT RUNDOO 🗒️
- Deliver high-trust analysis on clear timelines: stakeholders trust both the answer and the ETA; assumptions and limits are explicit.
- Translate business problems into analysis + system requirements: turn vague asks into crisp scopes, metrics definitions, and data contracts.
- Build and maintain internal decision systems: ship lightweight tools/workflows so insights are reproducible and maintainable by others.
- Partner with GTM teams: help Sales/GTM move from “interesting analysis” to actions (e.g., prospecting lists, territory design, experimentation).
- Proactively surface issues: detect anomalies, broken assumptions, or misallocated spend without waiting for a ticket.
- Support fundraising readiness: contribute to an evergreen, credible data pool and reporting that leadership can rely on.
REQUIREMENTS ☑️
- 5+ years of experience in data science, analytics, applied ML or MLE in a high-growth environment
- Strong applied analytics / data science foundation (statistics, experimentation, causal thinking, forecasting, etc.).
- Demonstrated ability to scope ambiguous problems and drive to decisions with stakeholders.
- Comfort writing production-quality code (especially Python) and building maintainable internal systems (not just notebooks).
- Excellent communication: can explain tradeoffs, assumptions, and recommendations to non-technical audiences.
- High ownership and autonomy in a fast-paced environment; can operate without a lot of process.
BONUS POINTS 🌟
- Experience partnering closely with Sales/GTM teams (pipeline, conversion, pricing, prospecting, territories, etc.).
- Experience building internal analytics tooling on cloud infrastructure (basic best practices, reliability, maintainability).
- Experience operating in early-stage startups and/or building “v1 systems” that later scale.
- Strong “structured systems thinking” and willingness to defend or revise an approach under scrutiny.
LOCATION
- Remote friendly
- Expect ~1 week of travel per quarter to either our Chicago or Redwood City offices.
ABOUT THE TEAM 👥
You’ll partner closely with leaders across the business (GTM, product, and finance) and work directly with exec stakeholders. This is a high-trust, cross-functional role where the outputs need to be decision-ready and reproducible. You would work directly with the GTM leaders on the team:
- Amrit https://www.linkedin.com/in/amrit-kwatra-87066612a/ (Data Science): Studied CS & English at Cornell; Data Scientist at Enigma; Public Interest Technology Fellow at the New York Public Library. Enjoys mending, maintenance & buying junk on eBay.
- Matt https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-kestufskie/ (Sales): Studied history at Northwestern; taught middle school in Chicago (hardest job ever), led sales for a consumer start-up (Catch Co.), joined Rundoo as an AE and now leads the GTM team; former competitive angler in college (bass fishing 🎣)
- Vidhan https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidhanagrawal/ (Client Experience): Studied Biomedical Engineering and Econ at Duke University; Formerly Director of Product at BuildZoom, Product lead at Hinge Health, and Co-Founder of Urova Medical.
INTERVIEW PROCESS 🎤
- Intro call (30 min)
- Take-home exercise overview (30 min)
- Paid Take Home (~4-6 hours) — This is the core of the interview. We’ll share more information about Rundoo and ask you to complete a task representative of the work you’d do at Rundoo. This interview will be paid, and we ask that you dedicate significant time to it.
- On-site
- Take-home review - pressure-test the analysis; reproduce numbers; push on assumptions
- GTM collaboration - test trust/translation and move from analysis to action.
- Lunch with the team
- Problem solving discussion - informal discussion on how problems are approached and tools used.
- Systems/engineering - Basic systems architecture and best practices for building an internal tool.
- Culture - Behavioral questions, geared toward our culture & values.
- References: one manager, one peer, one stakeholder (PM/GTM/Finance).
BENEFITS 🏋️
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% of premiums for you, 50% for dependents)
- Life Insurance
- 401k with Betterment
- Unlimited PTO with 10 company paid holidays
- Gym allowance
- Daily team lunches for those in office
- Learning materials and audiobook subscriptions
- Dog-friendly office in Redwood City - https://rundoo.ai/rundogs/
ABOUT OUR FOUNDERS 🌲
- Andrew https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckman-andrew/ (CTO): studied computer science & humanities at Stanford; worked as a software engineer and head of engineering at Apple & Anova; danced with the SF ballet (where he met his wife)! 🩰
- Nick https://www.linkedin.com/in/hershey-nick/ (CEO): studied math & computer science at Stanford; worked as a trader at Bridgewater & Citadel and as a PM at Google & Enigma; distantly related to the founder of the Hershey company 🍫
HOW WE'VE FUNDRAISED 💰
We've raised $18m across three rounds:
- A $2m pre-seed led by Kent Bennett https://www.bvp.com/team/kent-bennett at Bessemer https://www.bvp.com/ with participation from Plug & Play, Quiet Capital, and Sequoia.
- A $5m seed led by Caitlin Bolnick Rellas https://www.crv.com/team/caitlin-bolnick-rellas at CRV https://www.crv.com/.
- An $11m series A led again by Bessemer and CRV.