Getting together with real people in real life makes powerful things happen. Side hustles become careers, ideas become movements, and chance encounters become lifelong connections. Meetup brings people together to create thriving communities. Show up. Change lives.

Our benefits include: 

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• 16 weeks of paid family leave + option for addition unpaid leave
• 14 Company holidays
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Annual learning and development budget
• 401K with employer match

Every year, millions of people RSVP to an eclectic variety of Meetups around the world. Activity on Meetup is growing faster than ever and by studying it, we’re learning how to help members discover the groups and events that are right for them -- sparking new ways to make their worlds come alive than ever before. We are a collaborative and dedicated team seeking a Data Scientist Lead to join us in designing and building the future vision of Meetup.

What you’ll get to do:

• Lead a team of machine learning engineers, and technical analysts  to connect data to business problems and guide product managers & senior leadership to drive business outcomes
• Rapidly prototype new metrics & models to generate new insights about our two-sided marketplace
• Provide direction and roadmap plans of data projects to solve for business problems
• Advise on and promote good experimental design and evaluation
• Build on your leadership skills by mentoring other data experts
• Enjoy working with both people and numbers to help teams answer complex questions
• Recruit and present on behalf of Meetup at technical conferences and Meetups

You're our ideal team member if you have:

• MS/Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Science, Engineering, Statistics or related technical field
• 4+ years working with data analytics & warehousing practices at scale, experimentation, modeling, and ETL pipelines
• 2+ years in a Data Science Tech Lead role or similar position
• Proficiency with one or more scripting languages: Python preferred
• Experience with Spark or other distributed processing frameworks
• Experience partnering directly with clients (either internal or external) and leading projects with multiple work streams
• Meticulous attention to detail and an obsession with 'getting it right'
• Experience building and analyzing web and mobile applications, and business intelligence tools (nice to have)

Meetup employees are bold, supportive, and passionate about enabling people coming together and creating the future of real community; a future where people embrace their differences and similarities, show up, do things, and turn to each other to improve their lives. We care about moving fast, real-world change, and proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring and developing diverse, dynamic teams in a safe and inclusive environment. You in?

The pay range for this position in Colorado is $140,000 - $160,000/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, candidate location, and experience. This role can be located anywhere in the US.