Founding Forward Deployed Data Scientist (3+ years)

Founding Forward Deployed Data Scientist at Vantara, a company laying the foundation for self-improving software. The role involves building deep relationships with customers, creating next-gen methodology for generating user insights, and productizing it. Compensation includes up to 3% equity and up to $250k in cash compensation.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on data science experience in a high-caliber product-analytics team, preferably at a B2B SaaS company
• Advanced Python & SQL skills: pandas, NumPy, StatsModels/Scikit-learn, warehouse fluency (BigQuery, Snowflake)
• Expertise in data sampling techniques, including stratified sampling, bootstrapping, and extrapolation.
• Independently built and shipped analytics frameworks or tools adopted by product or growth teams
• Deep familiarity with causal inference and measurement techniques: A/B testing, diff-in-diff, propensity scoring, matched markets, statistical power analysis
• Practical experience with LLMs: prompt-engineering, embeddings, evaluation of hallucination risk
• Clear communicator: author executive level insights readouts for product, design, and engineering audiences
• Self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, prioritizes ruthlessly, and delivers projects end-to-end with minimal guidance
• Learns new tools and methods rapidly; consistently ships self-initiated improvements that cut analysis cycle-time

Benefits

• Up to 3% equity
• Up to $250k in cash compensation