Founding Automated AI Product Engineer- Data Scientist

Founding Forward Deployed Data Scientist

San Francisco, CA (4 days/week onsite)

About the Role

Our client is building an AI-native product engineer that helps teams understand what to build next. Instead of relying on instinct or fragmented analysis, their platform automatically synthesizes user behavior and feedback to produce a clear, prioritized roadmap for product teams.

They are hiring a Founding Forward Deployed Data Scientist to work directly with customers, extract high-leverage insights, and build the analytics foundation that powers their product.

This is a true early-stage role (team of 5) with significant ownership, autonomy, and upside.

This role is ideal for someone who has considered founding a company but wants meaningful equity and product impact without taking full founder risk.

What You’ll Do

• Work directly with customers to understand workflows and analytics needs

• Own product analytics from insight generation through implementation

• Build and ship analytics frameworks adopted by product and growth teams

• Design and evaluate experimentation frameworks (A/B tests, diff-in-diff, matched markets, etc.)

• Apply causal inference techniques to real-world product decisions

• Develop internal tooling in Python (automation, APIs, workflow acceleration)

• Leverage LLMs (prompt engineering, embeddings, hallucination evaluation) to enhance product intelligence

• Deliver executive-level insight readouts to product, design, and engineering teams

• Operate independently in an ambiguous, fast-moving startup environment