Hybrid Data Scientist

at Tracksuit

• Job title: Data Scientist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: NZ$105,000 - NZ$135,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Python, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Auckland, New Zealand

About the role

• Data Scientist amplifying data value at Tracksuit, providing brand tracking insights. Working with cross-functional teams to scale survey operations and maintain data quality.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be applying your data skills to solve problems at the heart of our business model.
• You’ll have license to run experiments, imagine surveying from first principles, and implement solutions with a product team to build the world’s best survey engine.
• As you shape the trajectory of Tracksuit, you’ll be able to directly measure your impact and demonstrate your contribution to the business.
• You’ll have high-level business goals and outcomes, but it’s up to you to define the problems and solutions.
• Designing machine learning algorithms to optimise survey collection.
• Running and analysing experiments to improve respondent engagement.
• Building our survey data quality monitoring system.

Requirements

• Has 3+ years experience as a Data Scientist
• Deep understanding of statistics, including both frequentist and Bayesian approaches.
• Strong fluency in SQL and in scripting languages such as Python and R.
• (Nice to have) Experience with operational research, experimentation, or classical machine learning
• You're energized by solving real problems and thrive when exploring new domains
• You balance statistical rigor with business pragmatism, making smart trade-offs to ship solutions that matter
• You prioritize your work, drive projects forward, and know when to move fast vs. when to de-risk
• You find joy communicating technical work in ways that resonate with customers, product partners, and commercial stakeholders
• This is such a collaborative role that we want a great, kind human.

Benefits

• Compensation: Competitive market rate remuneration, which is reviewed twice annually.
• Employee Share Option Program (ESOP): So that everyone on the team has a share in Tracksuit’s success.
• Progressive health and wellness benefits: Including an annual wellness bonus, access to a premium EAP platform, and 6 weeks of paid annual leave.
• Generous parental benefits: 12 weeks’ paid parental leave for either caregiver, additional sick leave for IVF, gradual return to work.
• A $1000 personal L&D budget for each Trackstar, plus additional growth opportunities including mentorships, speaking engagements, and travel.
• Flexible working: We have beautiful offices in Auckland, Sydney, London, and New York.