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ParentSquare

Senior Data Scientist

🇺🇸 Remote - US

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $143K - $175K

💻 Data Science

🗓️ December 14th, 2025

K-12 Python SaaS

Edtech.com's Summary

ParentSquare is hiring a Senior Data Scientist to transform complex business challenges into data-driven solutions that enhance productivity and efficiency. The role involves partnering with various departments to build and deploy data-powered tools and promote effective data adoption across the organization.

Highlights
  • Collaborate with Finance, Customer Success, and Product teams to understand and address data needs.
  • Prototype and deploy data tools and automations for internal and customer use.
  • Create documentation, lead training, and serve as the internal expert on data tool usage.
  • Define and track key success metrics to optimize business outcomes.
  • Required proficiency in Python, SQL, and AWS analytics platforms including Sagemaker and QuickSuite.
  • Experience with machine learning algorithms such as regression, gradient boosted trees, and topic modeling.
  • 3+ years in data science, analytics, or engineering with a bachelor's degree in a technical or quantitative field.
  • Bonus for experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI tools for analytics.
  • Salary range of $143,000 to $175,000 depending on experience.
  • Additional benefits include employer-paid health insurance, 401K match, paid parental leave, stock options, wellness reimbursements, PTO with annual increases, and 16 paid holidays.

Senior Data Scientist Full Description

Senior Data Scientist
Engineering
Remote (United States)

ParentSquare is a rapidly growing Santa Barbara-based company that’s changing the way schools and parents communicate every day. Sound simple? We strive to keep it that way! Our mission is to give schools the power to incredibly enhance family engagement for all students. ParentSquare and RemindHub, our flagship products, serve over 22 million students and drive our mission by providing unified communications tools -forms, sign ups, payments, RSVPs, direct messaging, language translations, chat and more. Remind Chat, our free product, reaches over 80% of K-12 students, providing a safe and easy-to-use platform for direct communication between teachers and families. And our latest innovation, SmartSites, offers state-of-the-art websites for school districts, enhancing their online presence and accessibility. 

We are not just creating a product; we are creating empowered educators and engaged parents to improve the lives of all students.  We are passionate advocates for our  customers and for our employees and we invite you to join us on this exciting journey. 

We're looking for a Senior Data Scientist to help us understand our vast amount of data and drive our business forward. You'll be the go-to expert for turning complex business challenges into data-driven solutions that boost productivity and efficiency across the entire organization. This is a critical role where you'll partner with leaders across the company to build the data-powered tools that will shape our future.

What You’ll Do

  • Partner with Teams: Work directly with departments like Finance, Customer Success, and Product to understand their data needs and deliver impactful solutions.
  • Build and Deploy Solutions: Prototype and launch data-powered tools and automations, both for our customers and for the company.
  • Champion Data Adoption: Create clear documentation, lead training sessions, and act as the internal expert to help teams more effectively use data tools within their workflows
  • Measure and Optimize: Help us define key success metrics and track their performance.

What You'll Bring
  • Proven success working in a high-growth SaaS or technology company
  • Fluency in scripting languages like Python and data querying languages like SQL
  • Experience working in analytics platforms (we use AWS tools like Sagemaker and QuickSuite)
  • Experience with a variety of machine learning algorithms, such as regression, gradient boosted trees, and topic modeling
  • Experience understanding and delivering on stakeholder needs, whether through an adhoc analysis or a company-level dashboard
  • Experience with LLMs and other AI tools for analytics is a bonus!

What We’re Looking For

  • Experience: 3+ years of experience in data science, data engineering, data analytics, or similar fields
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in a technical or quantitative field (e.g. Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics) or equivalent practical experience

The Perks of Working With Us

You’ll get your foot in the door as our company continues to grow. We’re big believers in work-life balance and provide:
  • Employer-paid health insurance (including dependent coverage)
  • An employer-matched 401K retirement savings program from day 1 
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Stock options
  • Health + wellness reimbursements
  • PTO that increases each year
  • 16 paid holidays, including your birthday!

As a fully remote team, we’ll make sure you have all the tools and equipment you need to make your home office a place where you can thrive. 

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

The salary range for this role will be $143,000-$175,000, DOE.