Data Scientist

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace - a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. At Tracksuit we consider a unique perspective, diverse experience and a growth mindset to be of greater value than ticking every box on an JD. If you think you have what it takes but don’t have the exact experience we’ve set out, please still get in touch and apply. We’d love to chat!

At Tracksuit, we provide beautiful, radically affordable, always-on brand tracking which is easy to use compared to traditional methods. We recognise that sounds like a ton of buzzwords for marketers, so what it really means is that we did over 50,000 surveys last month to find out what real humans think and feel about the world’s best brands and their competitors. Check us out here: www.gotracksuit.com🙌

Data is Tracksuit’s moat: it’s the core of our product and integral to everything we do. We’re looking for a Data Scientist to amplify the value of our data and help us become the common language to measure, understand and communicate the value of brand building.

As a Data Scientist, you’ll be a critical part of our survey team, working with product managers, engineers, data scientists, and survey experts to scale our survey operation while maintaining world-class data quality.

We think this role is exciting because:

• You’ll be working on some of the most impactful projects in the company: You’ll be applying your data skills to solve problems at the heart of our business model, directly driving our ability to scale and launch new products
• You get to innovate: 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
• Your work is directly tied to business outcomes: As you shape the trajectory of Tracksuit, you’ll be able to directly measure your impact and demonstrate your contribution to the business
• We don’t have a roadmap dictated to us: You’ll have high-level business goals and outcomes, but it’s up to you to define the problems and solutions
• We’re backed by product-legend Lenny Rachitsky: Founder of Lenny’s Podcast and Lenny’s Newsletter. In Lenny’s words: “Across the thousands of startup decks I've looked at, I've almost never seen a growth trajectory like the growth Tracksuit has seen.”
  
  
  
  

What are we looking for? We’re looking for a “Full Stack” Data Scientist that:

• Has 3+ years experience as a Data Scientist
• Brings strong data science craft:
• 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
• Drives impact beyond the code:
• Impact-oriented — You're energized by solving real problems and thrive when exploring new domains
• Think commercially — You balance statistical rigor with business pragmatism, making smart trade-offs to ship solutions that matter
• Build momentum independently — You prioritize your work, drive projects forward, and know when to move fast vs. when to de-risk
• Strong communicator — You find joy communicating technical work in ways that resonate with customers, product partners, and commercial stakeholders
• Kind: This is such a collaborative role that we want a great, kind human
  
  
  
  

As our Senior Data Scientist, you will be responsible for scaling our survey operations: the heart of the Tracksuit product. This may involve:

• Designing machine learning algorithms to optimise survey collection
• Running and analysing experiments to improve respondent engagement
• Building our survey data quality monitoring system
• Exploring new ways to measure consumer perception, including with AI
• Working closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to guide the implementation of all of the above
• Applying diverse data science skillsets such as survey analytics, statistics, machine learning and generative AI to our proprietary data to solve business problems
  
  
  
  

Why join us at Tracksuit?
As one of Australasia's fastest growing startups, we've hand-picked a world-class team of kind, ambitious, generous, and smart humans. You’ll get to join and experience life at one the fastest-growing startup in New Zealand & Australia while we are still in hyper growth phase.

We’re a tight-knit, supportive, and ambitious team, driven to empower companies to use brand to drive success. Our culture thrives on complete transparency, trust, learning, and constant development and improvement.

Underpinning the experience are our great benefits, including:
⦿ Compensation: Competitive market rate remuneration, which is reviewed twice annually. Our radically transparent compensation policy ensures that salaries are fair across the entire team.

⦿ 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. We are office first but offer flexibility day to day.

But don’t take our word for it! You’ll be joining the:
Mumbrella Marketing Company of the Year 2022

HRD Employer of Choice <200 Staff 2024Sn

NZ Hi Tech Awards, Emerging Company of the Year 2024

AFR Best Place to Work Media and Marketing (4th place) 2024

Most importantly, when you join, you’ll receive an epic Tracksuit which reflects our vibe. We are built for speed and comfort, we're fun and informal, and we're practical and ready for anything.

🐾 FYI - We’re pet-friendly in principle and practice - with the occasional four-legged visitor adding to the charm, not the chaos.

Please note: This role is based in Auckland, NZ & requires you to work from our vibrant office space. With flexibility to work from home, we trust you to choose the balance that empowers you & your team to achieve their goals.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

We practice transparent compensation at Tracksuit, which means we put a real focus on fair compensation for our people and their roles. We run comprehensive full-cycle comp reviews annually, as well as rolling promotions when you've levelled up. Your salary is supplemented with our best-in-class benefits package, as well as generous ESOP.

👉 Please note — while we have listed this role as being based in our Auckland office, we are also open to Australian applicants and this person working from our Sydney office.