About Tome

At Tome our mission is to help anyone tell a compelling story. We believe software should partner with you from brainstorming ideas to creating pixel-perfect visuals.

We’re building a tool that helps people at every stage of idea expression: from defining structure, to shaping arguments with evidence, to nailing voice and visual presentation with ease—all powered by AI through our live, dynamic format.

There are over fifteen million storytellers creating in Tome, including founders, students, creatives, as well as product and go-to-market teams.

About the role

We're looking for our first Data Scientist to accelerate all areas of our business with actionable data-driven insights. You'll play a key role in establishing what data science means at Tome: best practices, tools, and culture. You'll help shape our product, marketing, and operational roadmaps.

You'll work closely with product managers, marketing, data/ML/full-stack engineers, and customer support to understand user behavior and identify opportunities for improvement. You'll translate data into stories that change the course of the company.

This role reports to the Head of Product.

What you’ll do

• Understand user behavior by pulling and analyzing data from a variety of sources (using SQL, Python)

• Design and conduct experiments; estimate causality based on observational data

• Analyze natural language and connect it with structured data

• Identify key metrics and KPIs to measure the success of products, features, and marketing efforts

• Work with data and ML engineering to improve our data + analytics tech stack (Segment, Google Analytics, Redshift, Mode)

• Communicate data insights and recommendations to product managers and leadership

Who you are

• You're passionate about data models, data visualization, and data-based storytelling

• You're deeply knowledge about statistics, causal inference, and experimentation

• You're excited to establish data science best practices, culture, and tech stack

• You move fast; you know when the 1-hour 80% solution is better than the 1-day 100% solution

• You have at least 5 years of full-time data science experience, including startup experience

• Be in-office at least 3 days/week

Tome Perks:

💰 Compensation & Equity

• We offer competitive compensation & equity packages. At Tome we want you to feel ownership over the work you do and capitalize on the upside you create in the company.

🏝 Unlimited PTO

• Take the time you need to with unlimited vacation days.

🏩 Full Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Coverage

• Choose the coverage that suits you.

🛌 Sick Leave

• Unlimited. Take the days you need to feel your best and do your best work.

👼 Parental Leave

• Tome offers 3 months of paid time off for maternity & paternity leave.

💸 Retirement

• Tome offers a 401k plan through Human Interest

🍱 Weekly Lunch Stipend

• Weekly UberEats credit to order a favorite meal.

🚎 Commuter Benefits

• For those in the Bay Area we offer: up to $25/day in parking ($350 for a monthly pass) & Muni/Bart rides (up to $350/month).