Rafael Juan Vargas

Head of Data at Canopy Analytics · causal inference, Python

Canopy Analytics

Denver, CO · MT (UTC-7)

11+ years experience

Harvard Business School

English

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Overview

Based in Denver. I lead experimentation at Canopy Analytics. Replaced 40 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust. Before that: Lyft and Bank of America. Most at home with causal inference and CUPED. Learning woodworking.

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Bayesian statisticsCUPEDcausal inferenceA/B testingPythonSQL

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Building out experimentation at Canopy Analytics: data scientists wanted in Denver

Role: Data scientist
Level: Senior
Type: Full-time
Work mode: Remote within country
Compensation: $147k-$207k + equity
Team: Experimentation, 8 people
Start: Within two months
Must have: Strong SQL and statistics Turns analysis into decisions Good judgment about what not to build
Process: 3 conversations, no take-home

Comp $180k-$252k. Three interviews over a week. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Denver, COa/b testingsqlbayesian statistics

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Experience

Head of Data
Feb 2025 - Present
Canopy Analytics · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Denver, CO
- Built the experimentation models now used in 7 product decisions a quarter.
- Replaced 91 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
Director of Data Science
Oct 2022 - Feb 2025
Lyft · 2 yr 4 mo · Contract · Denver, CO
- Ran 203 experiments last year and made the readouts self-serve.
Staff Data Scientist
May 2020 - Oct 2022
Bank of America · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Denver, CO
- Replaced 79 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
- Built the experimentation models now used in 12 product decisions a quarter.
Director of Data Science
Jan 2019 - May 2020
Snowflake · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Denver, CO
- Built the experimentation models now used in 7 product decisions a quarter.
- Taught SQL to 103 non-analysts.
Data Scientist
Aug 2015 - Dec 2018
Starbucks · 3 yr 4 mo · Contract · Denver, CO
- Cut the time to a trustworthy experiment readout from 2 weeks to 6 days.
- Taught SQL to 54 non-analysts.

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Education

Harvard Business School
MBA, Business Administration
2008 - 2010
UCLA
BS, Statistics
2002 - 2006

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