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📈 Data Scientist (Staff)

Staff Data Scientist owns company-wide data strategy, experimentation framework, metric forecasting, and ML modeling at a social AI product studio. Requires 7+ years experience, deep SQL/Python fluency, and proactive product partnership across millions of users.

255k – 298kUnited StatesData ScienceRemote7+ YOE

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own experimentation framework and standards across squads: design, run, evaluate experiments, set standards for well-run tests, own highest-stakes analyses.
  • Drive strategic opportunity sizing: proactively identify bets, synthesize signals, help leadership prioritize.
  • Own company-wide top-line metric strategy: ensure data coverage, accurate forecasting for goals.
  • Lead predictive modeling and ML work: own models shaping product direction, mentor data scientists.
  • Provide mentorship and thought partnership to senior data scientists.

Requirements

  • 7+ years experience as data scientist.
  • Highly fluent in SQL and Python for analysis, influencing engineering, data infrastructure, system design.
  • End-to-end data pipeline expertise: triage issues, spec data engineering, lead data engineers.
  • Designed/analyzed experiments, expertise in predictive modeling and ML techniques.
  • Proactive product partner: identify questions, size opportunities.
  • Clear communication: turn analysis into recommendations, build usable dashboards/visualizations.
  • Thrive with autonomy in ambiguity, bias toward shipping, team player.

Skills

SQLPythonMachine LearningExperimentationA/B TestingPredictive ModelingData PipelinesData VisualizationDashboardsStatistical Analysis

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