About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve
All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy
AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process
About the Role: Gusto is looking for a highly skilled and motivated Data Scientist to join our Growth Data Science team. In this role, you'll leverage experimentation, statistical inference, and causal analysis to drive strategic decisions that directly impact how Gusto acquires, retains, and grows its customer base. The ideal candidate is a trusted data storyteller with strong statistical and coding skills, and a passion for using data to help small businesses thrive
You'll work closely with Marketing, Finance, Sales, and Revenue partners to become the go-to data expert for your growth domain — defining and tracking metrics that illuminate business performance, designing experiments that inform go-to-market strategy, and surfacing insights that accelerate growth. You'll also integrate AI-assisted practices to expand the reach and rigor of your analysis across the organization
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day: Strategic Leadership: Shape the analytical strategy for Growth product initiatives. Identify high-leverage opportunities, set long-term measurement and experimentation direction, and align executive stakeholders around data-driven priorities
Execution Excellence: Drive and execute on org-level analytical roadmaps that shape company strategy, leveraging AI tools and creating efficiencies through AI native approaches. Achieve alignment and ensure consistent analytical rigor and metric integrity across product domains
Scaled Impact: In addition to being an expert in statistical methods and driving impact through execution, you will drive frameworks for experimentation, causal analysis, and metric design that scale across multiple teams and influence org-wide decision quality in an AI native capacit