Chief Data Scientist, Grid Intelligence

X Development, LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous PTO and flexible hybrid work

Job summary

Tapestry seeks a Head of Data Science to lead a world-class team bridging strategy and advanced analytics for electric grid visibility and resilience. You will define metrics, design scalable data pipelines, and drive experiments to translate model insights into tangible business value that improves grid visibility and resilience.

You will work closely with ML and software engineers, influence product direction, and champion modern data science best practices in a fast-growing Alphabet-backed

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s in a quantitative field with 10+ years of industry experience as a statistician, quantitative analyst, or data scientist.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, R, Pandas, Scikit-Learn, and related ML frameworks.
• 8+ years managing high-performing data science teams, delivering production-grade solutions.
• Track record of identifying where data science adds value during early product development and influencing cross-functional collaboration.
• Advanced experimental design skills (A/B testing, multivariate analysis, stochastic models, and sampling methods) to address bias, variance, and data drift.
• Experience building tooling to analyze large, heterogeneous datasets.
• Ability to balance high-level product strategy ("zoom out") with technical unblocking ("zoom in").
• Strong collaboration with ML and software engineering teams to ship production-ready systems.
• Exceptional storytelling skills, translating complex pipelines and metrics into clear business value.

Responsibilities

• Lead a world-class data science team and translate business goals into rigourous data science roadmaps.
• Define core metrics and experimental designs to translate ML model performance into business value.
• Oversee data curation pipelines and ensure data integrity across multi-stage ML processes.
• Collaborate with ML and software engineers to ship production-ready systems.
• Champion modern data science workflows, including GenAI techniques for analysis and synthesis.

Skills

Python

SQL

R

Pandas

Scikit-Learn

Leadership

Experiment design

Cross-functional collaboration

Storytelling

Education

PhD or Master’s in quantitative field

Tools

Python

SQL

R

Pandas

Scikit-Learn

Job description

Tapestry seeks a Head of Data Science to lead a world-class team bridging strategy and advanced analytics for electric grid visibility and resilience. You will define metrics, design scalable data pipelines, and drive experiments to translate model insights into tangible business value that improves grid visibility and resilience.

You will work closely with ML and software engineers, influence product direction, and champion modern data science best practices in a fast-growing Alphabet-backed