Data Scientist at Retool

Location: San Francisco, California
Posted: Feb 9, 2026

Description

Retool is seeking a Data Scientist to join their Data Science & Analytics team. This generalist role involves analyzing customer behavior, product usage, and business performance to generate insights, build models, and identify risks. The successful candidate will partner with various internal teams to inform strategic decisions and drive impactful changes.

Required Skills

SQL
Predictive Modeling

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 5+ years of experience working in data science and/or product analytics
Experience working in startup or high‑growth environments, especially B2B SaaS
Preferred Qualifications: Strong SQL proficiency with an eye for writing performant, robust queries
Comfort operating in ambiguity and proactively identifying and defining business problems
Experience helping teams shift from intuition‑driven to data‑informed decision‑making
Exposure to experimentation, forecasting, or predictive modeling
Experience designing data models and building pipelines to unblock yourself
Strong ability to synthesize complex information (data, context, and constraints) into clear, concise narratives for business stakeholders
Comfort moving quickly by default to produce actionable insights—and slowing down when the cost of a wrong decision is high
Ease context‑switching across problem areas and teams, from high‑level strategy to low‑level details as needed