Samuel Flaxman
Senior Product Scientist at Indeed.com
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolSamuel Flaxman is a Senior Product Scientist with over a decade of experience turning complex datasets and models into clear, impactful product and research decisions. Trained as a behavioral biologist with postdoctoral work in mathematical and computational biology, he blends rigorous quantitative methods—Monte Carlo simulations, large-scale data pipelines, and A/B testing—with pedagogy and product thinking. He has led and published widely in academia (40+ papers, 2,000+ citations), built teams and curriculum used by tens of thousands of students, and now applies that toolkit at Indeed to improve job-seeker outcomes. Known for collaborative leadership and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, he pairs technical depth with empathetic communication to make research broadly usable. An under-the-radar strength is his track record of turning classroom experiments into product features that scale across institutions.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Behavioral Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Behavioral Biology at Cornell UniversityPostdoctoral Training, Research in Mathematical and Computational Biology, Postdoctoral Training, Research in Mathematical and Computational Biology at Princeton University
English
Github Skills (22)
computational-biology10
biology9
blackbox8
python8
transparency8
interpretable-machine-learning8
xai7
iml7
differential-privacy6
naive-bayes6
lime6
simulator6
machine-learning5
artificial-intelligence5
simulation5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
flaxmans/VCFtoSummStats
May 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:89 commits, 72 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 8 months
flaxmans/fffits
Aug 2015 - Jan 2021
Contributions:30 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years 5 months
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