Staff Data Scientist, Monetization
Character.AI
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Redwood City • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $180,000 - $300,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Partner closely with product and engineering teams to drive data-informed monetization across subscriptions, advertising, and virtual currency economies
- Define success metrics, lead experimentation, and translate complex behavioral and economic data into actionable insights
- Build the data science foundations needed to support rapid product iteration and long-term growth
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a Data Scientist working on consumer-facing products, ideally in chat, social, UGC, or entertainment platforms
- Strong intuition for identifying the right questions and quickly driving to high-impact insights
- Proven ability to turn analysis into product decisions and shipped outcomes
- Comfortable working in fast-moving, experimental environments with incomplete data
- Experience building or scaling data science practices, including experimentation, metrics, and analytics tooling
- Direct experience supporting monetization systems, including:
- Subscriptions and pricing
- Advertising or ad marketplaces
- Virtual currencies, economies, or gamified monetization
- Background in consumer B2C products and/or B2B marketplaces
Benefits
- 🩺 Top-notch health coverage for you & your family, with majority of the premium covered
- 💰 We invest in your future with a generous 401(K) contribution
- 🍼 New parents, we've got you covered with incredible paid leave -up to 20 weeks
- 🌴 4 weeks of PTO to explore, unwind & come back recharged
- 🍽️ Daily in-office catering plus a monthly Doordash stipend to help keep you fueled no matter where you are**
- ✨ Monthly wellness stipend to support you in your health journey
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
data scienceexperimentationmetricsanalyticsmonetization systemssubscriptionsadvertisingvirtual currencieseconomiesB2C products
Soft skills
intuition for insightsproduct decision makingadaptability in fast-moving environmentsanalytical thinkingcommunication