Numeral (YC W23)

Senior Data Scientist

Numeral (YC W23)

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San FranciscoCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Build and deploy data models and algorithms that improve tax accuracy, anomaly detection, and operational efficiency.
  • Develop risk, quality, and confidence scoring across filings, transactions, and customer data.
  • Partner closely with Operations, Product and Engineering, to productionize models and integrate them into core workflows.
  • Design experiments and analyses to inform product decisions, automation strategies, and prioritization.
  • Identify patterns in large, messy, multi-source datasets (e.g., payments, e-commerce, filings, customer behavior).
  • Improve data reliability and observability across pipelines used by analytics, ops, and ML systems.
  • Collaborate with Data Analysts and Ops teams to translate operational pain points into scalable, data-driven solutions.
  • Help define Numeral’s long-term data science and ML roadmap.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in Data Science, Applied ML, or advanced Analytics.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
  • Experience building and shipping models or data products used in production.
  • Solid grounding in statistics, experimentation, and data modeling.
  • Ability to reason through ambiguity and design solutions from first principles.
  • Strong communication skills - able to explain complex ideas clearly to technical and non-technical partners.
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment with real ownership and minimal process.
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLdata modelingstatisticsmachine learningdata analysisalgorithm developmentanomaly detectiondata reliabilitydata pipelines
Soft Skills
communicationproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilitycritical thinkingcreativityownershipambiguity managementanalytical thinkingprioritization