Data Scientist jobs in California

Intuit

Mountain View, CA · $241,000 – $335,000

This principal-level role shapes the data science strategy for Intuit's payroll and workforce management business, partnering with product and leadership to define metrics, drive experimentation, and inform multi-year roadmaps. It suits experienced data scientists who excel at translating complex analyses into executive narratives and want to operate at the strategic business-unit level without formal management duties.

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Intercom

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $206,600 – $229,000

This role pairs data science expertise with customer-facing deployment work, embedding with strategic customers to design and implement AI-driven solutions that scale their support operations. It suits someone who enjoys moving between technical deep-dives and high-level strategy, thrives in ambiguous situations, and wants to see their work drive both immediate customer impact and feed back into product direction.

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Bend Studio

San Mateo, CA · $156,300 – $234,500

A data scientist role focused on decision science at PlayStation, using statistical modeling, machine learning, and experimentation to drive strategic insights across the gaming platform. This suits analysts with advanced quantitative training who want to apply causal inference and predictive modeling to consumer engagement and product problems at scale.

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Suno

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $220,000 – $320,000

Suno is seeking a data scientist to build the metrics and analysis infrastructure for their trust and safety program, working on problems like copyright detection, bot identification, and content filtering. The role suits someone with 6–8 years of experience in trust and safety or fraud/spam work who can partner across product and engineering to measure platform health and run rigorous experiments.

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Notion

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $145,000 – $233,000 · Remote

This role applies data science and statistical expertise to drive product decisions and growth strategy at Notion, a collaborative workspace platform. It suits experienced data scientists who thrive in ambiguous environments, can partner effectively across product and engineering teams, and want to influence business outcomes through rigorous analysis.

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Mixpanel

San Francisco, CA · $216,000 – $254,000

This role is for a Data Scientist to build the analytical foundation of Mixpanel's new AI-driven insights product, designing causal inference models, forecasting pipelines, and retention analyses that customers can trust. You'll partner closely with engineers to turn rigorous statistical methodology into production features that proactively answer what changed in users' data, why it happened, and what to do next.

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Circle

San Francisco, CA · $195,000 – $257,500 · Remote

Circle seeks a Staff Data Scientist to lead analytical initiatives across their payments platform, applying statistical modeling and experimentation to drive product strategy and business growth. This role suits experienced quantitative professionals who can influence senior stakeholders through data-driven insights and build scalable solutions in a fintech environment.

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Descript

San Francisco, CA · $200,000 – $250,000 · Remote

This is a lead data scientist role focused on driving product growth and experimentation strategy at an AI-powered audio/video editing platform. The position suits someone with strong statistical and SQL skills who wants to shape a company's analytics culture and growth direction at a well-funded startup.

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Crusoe

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $166,000 – $200,000

Crusoe Energy seeks a senior data scientist to build forecasting models, perform root cause analysis, and optimize cloud infrastructure operations for their AI infrastructure platform. This early-stage role suits experienced analysts ready to drive impact across product, operations, and capacity planning with significant autonomy.

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Gofundme

Full-time · San Diego, CA · $179,500 – $269,500

This role leads pricing science and donation optimization at GoFundMe, applying economics, behavioral modeling, and machine learning to understand donor decision-making and improve conversion. It suits experienced data scientists or economists who have shipped pricing or marketplace systems and want to combine rigorous causal inference with product impact.

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Intuit

Mountain View, CA · $210,500 – $284,500

Intuit is seeking a founding Senior Staff Data Scientist to lead data strategy for a new fintech product focused on helping small businesses manage cash flow and payments. You'll develop predictive models, design experiments, and drive growth insights that directly shape product decisions for millions of SMB customers.

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Bend Studio

Los Angeles, CA · $167,200 – $250,800

A strategic data science role focused on quantifying player value and informing investment decisions across PlayStation's portfolio. This position suits experienced data scientists who enjoy owning complex, ambiguous business problems and combining technical rigor with stakeholder influence to drive growth.

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Suno

Full-time · Los Angeles, CA · $220,000 – $320,000

Suno is seeking a data scientist to lead analytics and experimentation for their mobile music creation app, partnering with product and engineering teams to identify what drives user engagement and creativity. This role suits someone with strong consumer tech data science experience who is excited about AI tools and wants to shape how millions of people experience creative expression.

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Intuit

Mountain View, CA · $210,500 – $284,500

This is a senior data science leadership role focused on driving growth and strategy for Intuit's mid-market ERP platform through marketing measurement and analytics. The person will work directly with marketing, sales, and finance leaders to shape investment decisions, build measurement frameworks, and optimize the full customer acquisition funnel.

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Intuit

Mountain View, CA · $210,500 – $284,500

Intuit is looking for an experienced data scientist to lead their talent acquisition analytics strategy, combining hiring forecasting, funnel modeling, and AI-native tools with advisory leadership of their People Analytics team. This role suits someone who can translate business strategy into data insights, operate as a trusted advisor to HR leadership, and connect hiring patterns with broader workforce trends.

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Intuit

Mountain View, CA · $210,500 – $284,500

A senior data scientist role leading analytics and measurement for TurboTax's emerging growth initiatives, particularly around new customer and expert platform experiences. This suits someone who excels in ambiguous, early-stage environments and can translate complex data into clear strategic direction for executive leaders.

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Intuit

Full-time · San Diego, CA · $149,500 – $202,500

This senior data scientist role owns demand forecasting across a portfolio of business solutions, building and maintaining models that translate market signals into accurate forecasts that shape capacity and expense planning. It suits someone with strong time-series modeling and SQL/Python skills who enjoys working on high-impact analytical problems that influence cross-functional leaders and senior stakeholders.

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Intuit

San Diego, CA · $185,500 – $251,000

This Staff Data Scientist role leads Voice of the Customer analytics at Intuit, translating customer feedback into actionable insights that drive retention, revenue, and product strategy. The position suits experienced data scientists who can architect scalable AI systems, mentor teams, and influence executive decisions through rigorous statistical and machine learning analysis.

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Intuit

San Diego, CA · $149,500 – $202,500

This role measures and optimizes how expert-led customer interactions drive outcomes in business tax products, combining analytics, experimentation design, and cross-functional collaboration to prove the value of customer success initiatives. It suits data scientists experienced in applied analytics who can connect customer experience investments to measurable business results and can work comfortably with causal inference methods and AI integration.

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Intuit

Mountain View, CA · $210,500 – $284,500

Intuit seeks a senior data science leader to set analytics strategy across its lending marketplace and partnership initiatives, acting as a technical expert and strategic advisor to senior leadership. This role suits experienced data scientists passionate about fintech who can translate business strategy into analytical frameworks, design complex experiments, and mentor teams while driving high-impact decisions across product and lending strategy.

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