Lead Data Scientist - Generative AI Analytics & Forecasting

Snorkel AI; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Streamlit

Snowflake Cortex

Job summary

Snorkel AI in San Francisco, CA, is recruiting a Lead Data Scientist to expand Generative AI Analytics and spearhead high-leverage data science work. This senior individual contributor role offers ownership, autonomy, and impact without direct reports.

You will build and maintain the semantic layer, develop forecasting and ranking models, and collaborate with engineers, PMs, and finance to transform data into strategic insights across the business.

Qualifications

• 5+ years: data science or related experience, with a track record of shipping forecasting, ranking, or similar models into production.
• Tech Stack: SQL, Snowflake or a similar data warehouse, and Python experience.
• Modern AI Tools: Experience deploying modern AI tools (semantic layers, LLMs, evaluation frameworks) reliably into production.
• Engineering Collaboration: Proven ability to partner with Engineering teams to bridge the gap from prototype to production system.
• Agency: Strong track record of impact without a large team or detailed roadmap.
• 0-to-1 Mindset: Comfortable building foundational systems from scratch in environments where data infrastructure is still maturing.
• Partnership: Genuinely values engaging technical and operational stakeholders to fully understand a problem and build data-driven solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own Generative AI Analytics: Build and maintain end-to-end infra (semantic layer, LLM tooling, evals, and agents) to analytically empower every team at Snorkel.
• Protect Quality: Work with Engineering and the Fraud Operations Lead to build, unify inputs for, and deploy fraud detection and contributor quality models.
• Optimize Marketplace: Architect search, ranking, and recommendation models to match project needs for Expert Contributors across domains and geographies.
• Improve Forecasting: Build predictive models to help Strategy & Operations and Finance elevate forecast accuracy with signals from across the business.
• Identify Leverage: Surface the next high-value data science opportunities at Snorkel and build the case for their prioritization with the Head of Data.
• Advise Leadership: Be a trusted thought partner to the Head of Data and leaders of other teams on data architecture, applied data science, and AI.

Skills

SQL

Python

Snowflake

LLMs

Productionization

Data Modeling

Analytical Thinking

Tools

Snowflake Cortex

Streamlit

Job description

Snorkel AI in San Francisco, CA, is recruiting a Lead Data Scientist to expand Generative AI Analytics and spearhead high-leverage data science work. This senior individual contributor role offers ownership, autonomy, and impact without direct reports.

You will build and maintain the semantic layer, develop forecasting and ranking models, and collaborate with engineers, PMs, and finance to transform data into strategic insights across the business.