Search Atlas

Staff Data Scientist – AI & Intelligence

Search Atlas

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San FranciscoCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $220,000 - $300,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Build and deploy models that serve predictions in milliseconds
  • Own the full ML lifecycle: feature engineering, training pipelines, model validation, A/B testing, monitoring for drift
  • Define research roadmap for predictive SEO intelligence and agent decision systems
  • Design experiments that prove business impact
  • Mentor data scientists and ML engineers

Requirements

  • 7+ years applied data science experience
  • 3+ years in production ML environments
  • Deep Python fluency - NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, PyTorch or TensorFlow
  • SQL at scale - complex queries against terabyte datasets, query optimization
  • ML engineering mindset - feature stores, model serving, A/B testing, monitoring, drift detection
  • AI-native workflow - experience with AI coding tools
  • Scientific communication - clear explanation of complex methodologies
  • Research leadership - mentoring and coordination experience
  • Bonus: NLP/LLM expertise, Search or SEO domain knowledge, Reinforcement learning or bandit algorithms, Published research or active ML community presence
Benefits
  • Fully covered medical (Aetna)
  • 99% dental/vision
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid parental leave
  • $100/quarter dev budget
  • Company-paid Lasik (2-year vest)
  • Pet insurance (Lemonade, 2 pets)
  • 401(k) via Deel
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonNumPyPandasScikit-learnPyTorchTensorFlowSQLfeature engineeringmodel validationA/B testing
Soft Skills
scientific communicationmentoringcoordinationresearch leadership