
Staff Data Scientist – AI & Intelligence
Search Atlas
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United 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