Data scientist jobs in Pleasanton, CA

Key Responsibilities Design and develop marketing-focused machine learning models, including: Customer segmentation Propensity, churn, and lifetime value (LTV) models Campaign response and uplift models Attribution and marketing mix models (MMM) Build and deploy NLP solutions for: Customer sentiment analysis Text classification and topic modeling Social media, reviews, chat, and voice-of-customer analytics Apply advanced statistical and ML techniques to solve real-world business problems. Work with structured and unstructured data from multiple marketing channels (digital, CRM, social, email, web). Translate business objectives into analytical frameworks and actionable insights. Partner with stakeholders to define KPIs, success metrics, and experimentation strategies (A/B testing). Optimize and productionize models using MLOps best practices. Mentor junior data scientists and provide technical leadership. Communicate complex findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Required Skills & Qualifications 7+ years of experience in Data Science, with a strong focus on marketing analytics. Strong expertise in Machine Learning (supervised & unsupervised techniques). Hands-on experience with NLP techniques, including: Text preprocessing and feature extraction Word embeddings (Word2Vec, GloVe, Transformers) Large Language Models (LLMs) is a plus Proficiency in Python (NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow/PyTorch). Experience with SQL and large-scale data processing. Strong understanding of statistics, probability, and experimental design. Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). Ability to translate data insights into business impact. Nice to Have Experience with marketing automation or CRM platforms. Knowledge of MLOps, model monitoring, and deployment pipelines. Familiarity with GenAI/LLM-based NLP use cases for marketing. Prior experience in consumer, e-commerce, or digital marketing domains. EEO Centraprise is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Key Responsibilities Design and productionize models for opportunity scanning, anomaly detection, and significant change detection across CRM, streaming, ecommerce, and social data. Define and tune alerting logic (thresholds, SLOs, precision/recall) to minimize noise while surfacing high-value marketing actions. Partner with marketing, product, and data engineering to operationalize insights into campaigns, playbooks, and automated workflows, with clear monitoring and experimentation. Required Qualifications Strong proficiency in Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn; plus experience with PySpark or similar for large-scale data) and SQL on modern warehouses (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift). Hands-on experience with time-series modeling and anomaly / changepoint / significant-movement detection(e.g., STL decomposition, EWMA/CUSUM, Bayesian/prophet-style models, isolation forests, robust statistics). Experience building and deploying production ML pipelines (batch and/or streaming), including feature engineering, model training, CI/CD, and monitoring for performance and data drift. Solid background in statistics and experimentation: hypothesis testing, power analysis, A/B testing frameworks, uplift/propensity modeling, and basic causal inference techniques. Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure), orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow/Prefect), and dashboarding/visualization tools to expose alerts and model outputs to business users.

Lead Data Scientist - Computer Vision/Image Processing About the Role We are seeking a Lead Data Scientist to drive the strategy and execution of data science initiatives, with a particular focus on computer vision systems & image processing techniques. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in image processing techniques including Filtering, Binary Morphology, Perspective/Affine Transformation, Edge Detection. Responsibilities Solid knowledge of computer vision programs and image processing techniques: Filtering, Binary Morphology, Perspective/Affine Transformation, Edge Detection Strong understanding of machine learning: Regression, Supervised and Unsupervised Learning Proficiency in Python and libraries such as OpenCV, NumPy, scikit-learn, TensorFlow/PyTorch. Familiarity with version control (Git) and collaborative development practices

We're working with a Series A health tech start-up pioneering a revolutionary approach to healthcare AI, developing neurosymbolic systems that combine statistical learning with structured medical knowledge. Their technology is being adopted by leading health systems and insurers to enhance patient outcomes through advanced predictive analytics. We're seeking Machine Learning Engineers who excel at the intersection of data science, modeling, and software engineering. You'll design and implement models that extract insights from longitudinal healthcare data, balancing analytical rigor, interpretability, and scalability. This role offers a unique opportunity to tackle foundational modeling challenges in healthcare, where your contributions will directly influence clinical, actuarial, and policy decisions. Key Responsibilities Develop predictive models to forecast disease progression, healthcare utilization, and costs using temporal clinical data (claims, EHR, laboratory results, pharmacy records) Design interpretable and explainable ML solutions that earn the trust of clinicians, actuaries, and healthcare decision-makers Research and prototype innovative approaches leveraging both classical and modern machine learning techniques Build robust, scalable ML pipelines for training, validation, and deployment in distributed computing environments Collaborate cross-functionally with data engineers, clinicians, and product teams to ensure models address real-world healthcare needs Communicate findings and methodologies effectively through visualizations, documentation, and technical presentations Required Qualifications Strong foundation in statistical modeling, machine learning, or data science, with preference for experience in temporal or longitudinal data analysis Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, NumPyro, PyMC, etc.) Proven track record of transitioning models from research prototypes to production systems Experience with probabilistic methods, survival analysis, or Bayesian inference (highly valued) Bonus Qualifications Experience working with clinical data and healthcare terminologies (ICD, CPT, SNOMED CT, LOINC) Background in actuarial modeling, claims forecasting, or risk adjustment methodologies

Net2Source is a Global Workforce Solutions Company headquartered at NJ, USA with its branch offices in Asia Pacific Region. We are one of the fastest growing IT Consulting company across the USA and we are hiring " Senior Data Scientist " for one of our clients. We offer a wide gamut of consulting solutions customized to our 450+ clients ranging from Fortune 500/1000 to Start-ups across various verticals like Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Oil & Gas, Energy, Retail, Telecom, Utilities, Technology, Manufacturing, the Internet, and Engineering. Position: Senior Data Scientist Location: Pleasanton, CA (Onsite) - Locals Only Type: Contract Exp Level - 10+ Years Required Skills Design, develop, and deploy advanced marketing models, including: Build and productionize NLP solutions. Partner with Marketing and Business stakeholders to translate business objectives into data science solutions. Work with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets using SQL, Python, and distributed systems. Evaluate and implement state-of-the-art ML/NLP techniques to improve model performance and business impact. Communicate insights, results, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Required Qualifications 5+ years of experience in data science or applied machine learning, with a strong focus on marketing analytics. Hands-on experience building predictive marketing models (e.g., segmentation, attribution, personalization). Strong expertise in NLP techniques and libraries (e.g., spa Cy, NLTK, Hugging Face, Gensim). Proficiency in Python, SQL, and common data science libraries (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn). Solid understanding of statistics, machine learning algorithms, and model evaluation. Experience deploying models into production environments. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Why Work With Us? We believe in more than just jobs-we build careers. At Net2Source, we champion leadership at all levels, celebrate diverse perspectives, and empower you to make an impact. Think work-life balance, professional growth, and a collaborative culture where your ideas matter. Our Commitment to Inclusion & Equity Net2Source is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to fostering a workplace where diverse talents and perspectives are valued. We make all employment decisions based on merit, ensuring a culture of respect, fairness, and opportunity for all, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, or other protected characteristics. Awards & Recognition America's Most Honored Businesses (Top 10%) Fastest-Growing Staffing Firm by Staffing Industry Analysts INC 5000 List for Eight Consecutive Years Top 100 by Dallas Business Journal Spirit of Alliance Award by Agile1 Maddhuker Singh Sr Account & Delivery Manager ***********************

🌎 San Francisco (Hybrid) 💼 Founding/Staff Data Engineer 💵 $200-300k base Our client is an elite applied AI research and product lab building AI-native systems for finance-and pushing frontier models into real production environments. Their work sits at the intersection of data, research, and high-stakes financial decision-making. As the Founding Data Engineer, you will own the data platform that powers everything: models, experiments, and user-facing products relied on by demanding financial customers. You'll make foundational architectural decisions, work directly with researchers and product engineers, and help define how data is built, trusted, and scaled from day one. What you'll do: Design and build the core data platform, ingesting, transforming, and serving large-scale financial and alternative datasets. Partner closely with researchers and ML engineers to ship production-grade data and feature pipelines that power cutting-edge models. Establish data quality, observability, lineage, and reproducibility across both experimentation and production workloads. Deploy and operate data services using Docker and Kubernetes in a modern cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Make foundational choices on tooling, architecture, and best practices that will define how data works across the company. Continuously simplify and evolve systems-rewriting pipelines or infrastructure when it's the right long-term decision. Ideal candidate: Have owned or built high-performance data systems end-to-end, directly supporting production applications and ML models. Are strongest in backend and data infrastructure, with enough frontend literacy to integrate cleanly with web products when needed. Can design and evolve backend services and pipelines (Node.js or Python) to support new product features and research workflows. Are an expert in at least one statically typed language, with a strong bias toward type safety, correctness, and maintainable systems. Have deployed data workloads and services using Docker and Kubernetes on a major cloud provider. Are comfortable making hard calls-simplifying, refactoring, or rebuilding legacy pipelines when quality and scalability demand it. Use AI tools to accelerate your work, but rigorously review and validate AI-generated code, insisting on sound system design. Thrive in a high-bar, high-ownership environment with other exceptional engineers. Love deep technical problems in data infrastructure, distributed systems, and performance. Nice to have: Experience working with financial data (market, risk, portfolio, transactional, or alternative datasets). Familiarity with ML infrastructure, such as feature stores, experiment tracking, or model serving systems. Background in a high-growth startup or a foundational infrastructure role. Compensation & setup: Competitive salary and founder-level equity Hybrid role based in San Francisco, with close collaboration and significant ownership Small, elite team building core infrastructure with outsized impact

Member of Technical Staff - AI Data Engineer San Francisco (In-Office) $150K to $225K + Equity A high-growth, AI-native startup coming out of stealth is hiring AI Data Engineers to build the systems that power production-grade AI. The company has recently signed a Series A term sheet and is scaling rapidly. This role is central to unblocking current bottlenecks across data engineering, context modeling, and agent performance. Responsibilities: • Build distributed, reliable data pipelines using Airflow, Temporal, and n8n • Model SQL, vector, and NoSQL databases (Postgres, Qdrant, etc.) • Build API and function-based services in Python • Develop custom automations (Playwright, Stagehand, Zapier) • Work with AI researchers to define and expose context as services • Identify gaps in data quality and drive changes to upstream processes • Ship fast, iterate, and own outcomes end-to-end Required Experience: • Strong background in data engineering • Hands-on experience working with LLMs or LLM-powered applications • Data modeling skills across SQL and vector databases • Experience building distributed systems • Experience with Airflow, Temporal, n8n, or similar workflow engines • Python experience (API/services) • Startup mindset and bias toward rapid execution Nice To Have: • Experience with stream processing (Flink) • dbt or Clickhouse experience • CDC pipelines • Experience with context construction, RAG, or agent workflows • Analytical tooling (Posthog) What You Can Expect: • High-intensity, in-office environment • Fast decision-making and rapid shipping cycles • Real ownership over architecture and outcomes • Opportunity to work on AI systems operating at meaningful scale • Competitive compensation package • Meals provided plus full medical, dental, and vision benefits If this sounds like you, please apply now.

Midjourney is a research lab exploring new mediums to expand the imaginative powers of the human species. We are a small, self-funded team focused on design, human infrastructure, and AI. We have no investors, no big company controlling us, and no advertisers. We are 100% supported by our amazing community. Our tools are already used by millions of people to dream, to explore, and to create. But this is just the start. We think the story of the 2020s is about building the tools that will remake the world for the next century. We're making those tools, to expand what it means to be human. Core Responsibilities: Design and maintain data pipelines to consolidate information across multiple sources (subscription platforms, payment systems, infrastructure and usage monitoring, and financial systems) into a unified analytics environment Build and manage interactive dashboards and self-service BI tools that enable leadership to track key business metrics including revenue performance, infrastructure costs, customer retention, and operational efficiency Serve as technical owner of our financial planning platform (Pigment or similar), leading implementation and build-out of models, data connections, and workflows in partnership with Finance leadership to translate business requirements into functional system architecture Develop automated data quality checks and cleaning processes to ensure accuracy and consistency across financial and operational datasets Partner with Finance, Product and Operations teams to translate business questions into analytical frameworks, including cohort analysis, cost modeling, and performance trending Create and maintain documentation for data models, ETL processes, dashboard logic, and system workflows to ensure knowledge continuity Support strategic planning initiatives by building financial models, scenario analyses, and data-driven recommendations for resource allocation and growth investments Required Qualifications: 3-5+ years experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or similar role with demonstrated ability to work with large-scale datasets Strong SQL skills and experience with modern data warehousing solutions (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, etc.) Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, R) for data manipulation and analysis Experience with BI/visualization tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI, or similar) Hands-on experience administering enterprise financial systems (NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or similar ERP platforms) Experience working with Stripe Billing or similar subscription management platforms, including data extraction and revenue reporting Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders

Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizens Only ITTConnect is seeking a Data Engineer / Analytics to work for one of our clients, a major Technology Consulting firm with headquarters in Europe. They are experts in tailored technology consulting and services to banks, investment firms and other Financial vertical clients. Job location: San Francisco Bay area or NY City. Work Model: Ability to come into the office as requested Seniority: 10+ years of total experience About the role: The Data Engineer / Analytics Specialist will support analytics, product insights, and AI initiatives. You will build robust data pipelines, integrate data sources, and enhance the organization's analytical foundations. Responsibilities: Build and operate Snowflake-based analytics environments. Develop ETL/ELT pipelines (DBT, Airflow, etc.). Integrate APIs, external data sources, and streaming inputs. Perform query optimization, basic data modeling, and analytics support. Enable downstream GenAI and analytics use cases. Requirements: 10+ years of overall technology experience 3+ years hands-on AWS experience required Strong SQL and Snowflake experience. Hands-on pipeline engineering with DBT, Airflow, or similar. Experience with API integrations and modern data architectures.

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to design and optimize scalable data pipelines that drive our global data and analytics initiatives. In this role, you will leverage technologies such as Apache Spark, Airflow, and Python to build high performance data processing systems and ensure data quality, reliability, and lineage across Mastercard's data ecosystem. The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise with hands-on experience in distributed data systems, workflow automation, and performance tuning to deliver impactful, data-driven solutions at enterprise scale. Responsibilities: Design and optimize Spark-based ETL pipelines for large-scale data processing. Build and manage Airflow DAGs for scheduling, orchestration, and checkpointing. Implement partitioning and shuffling strategies to improve Spark performance. Ensure data lineage, quality, and traceability across systems. Develop Python scripts for data transformation, aggregation, and validation. Execute and tune Spark jobs using spark-submit. Perform DataFrame joins and aggregations for analytical insights. Automate multi-step processes through shell scripting and variable management. Collaborate with data, DevOps, and analytics teams to deliver scalable data solutions. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). At least 7 years of experience in data engineering or big data development. Strong expertise in Apache Spark architecture, optimization, and job configuration. Proven experience with Airflow DAGs using authoring, scheduling, checkpointing, monitoring. Skilled in data shuffling, partitioning strategies, and performance tuning in distributed systems. Expertise in Python programming including data structures and algorithmic problem-solving. Hands-on with Spark DataFrames and PySpark transformations using joins, aggregations, filters. Proficient in shell scripting, including managing and passing variables between scripts. Experienced with spark submit for deployment and tuning. Solid understanding of ETL design, workflow automation, and distributed data systems. Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills in large-scale environments. Experience with AWS Glue, EMR, Databricks, or similar Spark platforms. Knowledge of data lineage and data quality frameworks like Apache Atlas. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker/Kubernetes, and data governance tools.

We imagine a world where new medicines reach patients in months, not years, and where scientific breakthroughs happen at the speed of thought. Mithrl is building the world's first commercially available AI Co-Scientist. It is a discovery engine that transforms messy biological data into insights in minutes. Scientists ask questions in natural language, and Mithrl responds with analysis, novel targets, hypotheses, and patent-ready reports. No coding. No waiting. No bioinformatics bottlenecks. We are one of the fastest growing tech bio companies in the Bay Area with 12x year over year revenue growth. Our platform is used across three continents by leading biotechs and big pharmas. We power breakthroughs from early target discovery to mechanism-of-action. And we are just getting started. ABOUT THE ROLE We are hiring a Data Engineer, Knowledge Graphs to build the infrastructure that powers Mithrl's biological knowledge layer. You will partner closely with the Data Scientist, Knowledge Graphs to take curated knowledge sources and transform them into scalable, reliable, production ready systems that serve the entire platform. Your work includes building ETL pipelines for large biological datasets, designing schemas and storage models for graph structured data, and creating the API surfaces that allow ML engineers, application teams, and the AI Co-Scientist to query and use the knowledge graph efficiently. You will also own the reliability, performance, and versioning of knowledge graph infrastructure across releases. This role is the bridge between biological knowledge ingestion and the high performance engineering systems that use it. If you enjoy working on data modeling, schema design, graph storage, ETL, and scalable infrastructure, this is an opportunity to have deep impact on the intelligence layer of Mithrl. WHAT YOU WILL DO Build and maintain ETL pipelines for large public biological datasets and curated knowledge sources Design, implement, and evolve schemas and storage models for graph structured biological data Create efficient APIs and query surfaces that allow internal teams and AI systems to retrieve nodes, relationships, pathways, annotations, and graph analytics Partner closely with the Data Scientists to operationalize curated relationships, harmonized variable IDs, metadata standards, and ontology mappings Build data models that support multi tenant access, versioning, and reproducibility across releases Implement scalable storage and indexing strategies for high volume graph data Maintain data quality, validate data integrity, and build monitoring around ingestion and usage Work with ML engineers and application teams to ensure the knowledge graph infrastructure supports downstream reasoning, analysis, and discovery applications Support data warehousing, documentation, and API reliability Ensure performance, reliability, and uptime for knowledge graph services WHAT YOU BRING Required Qualifications Strong experience as a data engineer or backend engineer working with data intensive systems Experience building ETL or ELT pipelines for large structured or semi structured datasets Strong understanding of database design, schema modeling, and data architecture Experience with graph data models or willingness to learn graph storage concepts Proficiency in Python or similar languages for data engineering Experience designing and maintaining APIs for data access Understanding of versioning, provenance, validation, and reproducibility in data systems Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern data stack tools Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with scientific and engineering teams Nice to Have Experience with graph databases or graph query languages Experience with biological or chemical data sources Familiarity with ontologies, controlled vocabularies, and metadata standards Experience with data warehousing and analytical storage formats Previous work in a tech bio company or scientific platform environment WHAT YOU WILL LOVE AT MITHRL You will build the core infrastructure that makes the biological knowledge graph fast, reliable, and usable Team: Join a tight-knit, talent-dense team of engineers, scientists, and builders Culture: We value consistency, clarity, and hard work. We solve hard problems through focused daily execution Speed: We ship fast (2x/week) and improve continuously based on real user feedback Location: Beautiful SF office with a high-energy, in-person culture Benefits: Comprehensive PPO health coverage through Anthem (medical, dental, and vision) + 401(k) with top-tier plans

About the job Why Zensar? We're a bunch of hardworking, fun-loving, people-oriented technology enthusiasts. We love what we do, and we're passionate about helping our clients thrive in an increasingly complex digital world. Zensar is an organization focused on building relationships, with our clients and with each other-and happiness is at the core of everything we do. In fact, we're so into happiness that we've created a Global Happiness Council, and we send out a Happiness Survey to our employees each year. We've learned that employee happiness requires more than a competitive paycheck, and our employee value proposition-grow, own, achieve, learn (GOAL)-lays out the core opportunities we seek to foster for every employee. Teamwork and collaboration are critical to Zensar's mission and success, and our teams work on a diverse and challenging mix of technologies across a broad industry spectrum. These industries include banking and financial services, high-tech and manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, retail, and consumer services. Our employees enjoy flexible work arrangements and a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), among other benefits. If you are looking for a place to have an immediate impact, to grow and contribute, where we work hard, play hard, and support each other, consider joining team Zensar! Zensar is seeking an Senior Snowflake Data Engineer -Santa Clara, CA-Work from office all 5 days-This is open for Full time with excellent benefits and growth opportunities and contract role as well. Job Description: Key Requirements: Strong hands-on experience in data engineering using Snowflake with proven ability to build and optimize large-scale data pipelines. Deep understanding of data architecture principles, including ingestion, transformation, storage, and access control. Solid experience in system design and solution architecture, focusing on scalability, reliability, and maintainability. Expertise in ETL/ELT pipeline design, including data extraction, transformation, validation, and load processes. In-depth knowledge of data modeling techniques (dimensional modeling, star, and snowflake schemas). Skilled in optimizing compute and storage costs across Snowflake environments. Strong proficiency in administration, including database design, schema management, user roles, permissions, and access control policies. Hands-on experience implementing data lineage, quality, and monitoring frameworks. Advanced proficiency in SQL for data processing, transformation, and automation. Experience with reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI and Sigma Computing. Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently and drive technical initiatives. Zensar believes that diversity of backgrounds, thought, experience, and expertise fosters the robust exchange of ideas that enables the highest quality collaboration and work product. Zensar is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Zensar is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. Zensar is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired. Zensar does not facilitate/sponsor any work authorization for this position. Candidates who are currently employed by a client or vendor of Zensar may be ineligible for consideration. Zensar values your privacy. We'll use your data in accordance with our privacy statement located at: *********************************

Staff Data Scientist | San Francisco | $250K-$300K + Equity We're partnering with one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world to hire a Staff Data Scientist. Backed by over $230M from top-tier investors and already valued at over $1B, they've secured customers that include some of the most recognizable names in tech. Their AI platform powers millions of daily interactions and is quickly becoming the enterprise standard for conversational AI. In this role, you'll bring rigorous analytics and experimentation leadership that directly shapes product strategy and company performance. What you'll do: Drive deep-dive analyses on user behavior, product performance, and growth drivers Design and interpret A/B tests to measure product impact at scale Build scalable data models, pipelines, and dashboards for company-wide use Partner with Product and Engineering to embed experimentation best practices Evaluate ML models, ensuring business relevance, performance, and trade-off clarity What we're looking for: 5+ years in data science or product analytics at scale (consumer or marketplace preferred) Advanced SQL and Python skills, with strong foundations in statistics and experimental design Proven record of designing, running, and analyzing large-scale experiments Ability to analyze and reason about ML models (classification, recommendation, LLMs) Strong communicator with a track record of influencing cross-functional teams If you're excited by the sound of this challenge- apply today and we'll be in touch.

Key Responsibilities Design and productionize models for opportunity scanning, anomaly detection, and significant change detection across CRM, streaming, ecommerce, and social data. Define and tune alerting logic (thresholds, SLOs, precision/recall) to minimize noise while surfacing high-value marketing actions. Partner with marketing, product, and data engineering to operationalize insights into campaigns, playbooks, and automated workflows, with clear monitoring and experimentation. Required Qualifications Strong proficiency in Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn; plus experience with PySpark or similar for large-scale data) and SQL on modern warehouses (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift). Hands-on experience with time-series modeling and anomaly / changepoint / significant-movement detection(e.g., STL decomposition, EWMA/CUSUM, Bayesian/prophet-style models, isolation forests, robust statistics). Experience building and deploying production ML pipelines (batch and/or streaming), including feature engineering, model training, CI/CD, and monitoring for performance and data drift. Solid background in statistics and experimentation: hypothesis testing, power analysis, A/B testing frameworks, uplift/propensity modeling, and basic causal inference techniques. Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure), orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow/Prefect), and dashboarding/visualization tools to expose alerts and model outputs to business users.

🌎 San Francisco (Hybrid) 💼 Founding/Staff Data Engineer 💵 $200-300k base Our client is an elite applied AI research and product lab building AI-native systems for finance-and pushing frontier models into real production environments. Their work sits at the intersection of data, research, and high-stakes financial decision-making. As the Founding Data Engineer, you will own the data platform that powers everything: models, experiments, and user-facing products relied on by demanding financial customers. You'll make foundational architectural decisions, work directly with researchers and product engineers, and help define how data is built, trusted, and scaled from day one. What you'll do: Design and build the core data platform, ingesting, transforming, and serving large-scale financial and alternative datasets. Partner closely with researchers and ML engineers to ship production-grade data and feature pipelines that power cutting-edge models. Establish data quality, observability, lineage, and reproducibility across both experimentation and production workloads. Deploy and operate data services using Docker and Kubernetes in a modern cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Make foundational choices on tooling, architecture, and best practices that will define how data works across the company. Continuously simplify and evolve systems-rewriting pipelines or infrastructure when it's the right long-term decision. Ideal candidate: Have owned or built high-performance data systems end-to-end, directly supporting production applications and ML models. Are strongest in backend and data infrastructure, with enough frontend literacy to integrate cleanly with web products when needed. Can design and evolve backend services and pipelines (Node.js or Python) to support new product features and research workflows. Are an expert in at least one statically typed language, with a strong bias toward type safety, correctness, and maintainable systems. Have deployed data workloads and services using Docker and Kubernetes on a major cloud provider. Are comfortable making hard calls-simplifying, refactoring, or rebuilding legacy pipelines when quality and scalability demand it. Use AI tools to accelerate your work, but rigorously review and validate AI-generated code, insisting on sound system design. Thrive in a high-bar, high-ownership environment with other exceptional engineers. Love deep technical problems in data infrastructure, distributed systems, and performance. Nice to have: Experience working with financial data (market, risk, portfolio, transactional, or alternative datasets). Familiarity with ML infrastructure, such as feature stores, experiment tracking, or model serving systems. Background in a high-growth startup or a foundational infrastructure role. Compensation & setup: Competitive salary and founder-level equity Hybrid role based in San Francisco, with close collaboration and significant ownership Small, elite team building core infrastructure with outsized impact

We're the data team behind Midjourney's image generation models. We handle the dataset side: processing, filtering, scoring, captioning, and all the distributed compute that makes high-quality training data possible. What you'd be working on: Large-scale dataset processing and filtering pipelines Training classifiers for content moderation and quality assessment Models for data quality and aesthetic evaluation Data visualization tools for experimenting on dataset samples Testing/simulating distributed inference pipelines Monitoring dashboards for data quality and pipeline health Performance optimization and infrastructure scaling Occasionally jumping into inference optimization and other cross-team projects Our current stack: PySpark, Slurm, distributed batch processing across hybrid cloud setup. We're pragmatic about tools - if there's something better, we'll switch. We're looking for someone strong in either: Data engineering/ML pipelines at scale, or Cloud/infrastructure with distributed systems experience Don't need exact tech matches - comfort with adjacent technologies and willingness to learn matters more. We work with our own hardware plus GCP and other providers, so adaptability across different environments is valuable. Location: SF office a few times per week (we may make exceptions on location for truly exceptional candidates) The role offers variety, our team members often get pulled into different projects across the company, from dataset work to inference optimization. If you're interested in the intersection of large-scale data processing and cutting-edge generative AI, we'd love to hear from you.

If you're hands on with modern data platforms, cloud tech, and big data tools and you like building solutions that are secure, repeatable, and fast, this role is for you. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines that transform raw information into actionable insights. The ideal candidate will have strong experience across modern data platforms, cloud environments, and big data technologies, with a focus on building secure, repeatable, and high-performing solutions. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable data pipelines to ingest, transform, and deliver curated data into the Common Data Platform (CDP). Participate in Agile rituals and contribute to delivery within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Ensure quality and reliability of data products through automation, monitoring, and proactive issue resolution. Deploy alerting and auto-remediation for pipelines and data stores to maximize system availability. Apply a security first and automation-driven approach to all data engineering practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (data scientists, analysts, product managers, and business stakeholders) to align infrastructure with evolving data needs. Stay current on industry trends and emerging tools, recommending improvements to strengthen efficiency and scalability. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience). At least 3 years of experience with Python and PySpark, including Jupyter notebooks and unit testing. At least 2 years of experience with Databricks, Collibra, and Starburst. Proven work with relational and NoSQL databases, including STAR and dimensional modeling approaches. Hands-on experience with modern data stacks: object stores (S3), Spark, Airflow, lakehouse architectures, and cloud warehouses (Snowflake, Redshift). Strong background in ETL and big data engineering (on-prem and cloud). Work within enterprise cloud platforms (CFS2, Cloud Foundational Services 2/EDS) for governance and compliance. Experience building end-to-end pipelines for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data using Spark.

Staff Data Scientist | San Francisco | $250K-$300K + Equity We're partnering with one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world to hire a Staff Data Scientist. Backed by over $230M from top-tier investors and already valued at over $1B, they've secured customers that include some of the most recognizable names in tech. Their AI platform powers millions of daily interactions and is quickly becoming the enterprise standard for conversational AI. In this role, you'll bring rigorous analytics and experimentation leadership that directly shapes product strategy and company performance. What you'll do: Drive deep-dive analyses on user behavior, product performance, and growth drivers Design and interpret A/B tests to measure product impact at scale Build scalable data models, pipelines, and dashboards for company-wide use Partner with Product and Engineering to embed experimentation best practices Evaluate ML models, ensuring business relevance, performance, and trade-off clarity What we're looking for: 5+ years in data science or product analytics at scale (consumer or marketplace preferred) Advanced SQL and Python skills, with strong foundations in statistics and experimental design Proven record of designing, running, and analyzing large-scale experiments Ability to analyze and reason about ML models (classification, recommendation, LLMs) Strong communicator with a track record of influencing cross-functional teams If you're excited by the sound of this challenge- apply today and we'll be in touch.

Key Responsibilities Design and productionize models for opportunity scanning, anomaly detection, and significant change detection across CRM, streaming, ecommerce, and social data. Define and tune alerting logic (thresholds, SLOs, precision/recall) to minimize noise while surfacing high-value marketing actions. Partner with marketing, product, and data engineering to operationalize insights into campaigns, playbooks, and automated workflows, with clear monitoring and experimentation. Required Qualifications Strong proficiency in Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn; plus experience with PySpark or similar for large-scale data) and SQL on modern warehouses (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift). Hands-on experience with time-series modeling and anomaly / changepoint / significant-movement detection(e.g., STL decomposition, EWMA/CUSUM, Bayesian/prophet-style models, isolation forests, robust statistics). Experience building and deploying production ML pipelines (batch and/or streaming), including feature engineering, model training, CI/CD, and monitoring for performance and data drift. Solid background in statistics and experimentation: hypothesis testing, power analysis, A/B testing frameworks, uplift/propensity modeling, and basic causal inference techniques. Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure), orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow/Prefect), and dashboarding/visualization tools to expose alerts and model outputs to business users.