Senior Data Science & Analytics Leader

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple’s Strategic Data Solutions team seeks an accomplished data science and analytics leader to build and guide a diverse team of senior contributors. You will partner with ML engineering leaders to deliver high-impact analytics that power decision automation and performance optimization across business goals.

You’ll hire, grow, and mentor analytics professionals, oversee data integrity across systems, and drive robust monitoring and health checks for data and models at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in data science, analytics engineering, or similar technical analytics roles.
• 2+ years of experience leading and mentoring data-focused teams.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language (e.g., Python, R).
• Strong background in experimentation design, causal inference, and statistical analysis.
• Experience with large-scale data pipelines and production-level analytics systems.
• Proven ability to drive measurable business impact through data and automation.

Responsibilities

• Hire, grow, and lead a high-caliber team spanning analytics engineering and experimentation.
• Guide team members in delivering data/business analytics, data storytelling, architecture guidance, and performance optimization.
• Ensure data integrity, accessibility, and consistency across systems by overseeing data transformation and integration from multiple sources.
• Design and implement robust monitoring, alerting, and health check programs to ensure sustained data and model performance at scale.
• Drive experimentation and statistical analysis to uncover actionable insights and inform decision‑making across business domains.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to align analytics initiatives with strategic objectives.
• Evangelize data science best practices and help embed a data‑informed culture across teams.
• Lead through influence - balancing technical mentorship with strategic thinking to enable scalable, high‑impact outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Analytics

Experimentation

Data storytelling

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Spark

Snowflake

Airflow

Job description

Apple’s Strategic Data Solutions team seeks an accomplished data science and analytics leader to build and guide a diverse team of senior contributors. You will partner with ML engineering leaders to deliver high-impact analytics that power decision automation and performance optimization across business goals.

You’ll hire, grow, and mentor analytics professionals, oversee data integrity across systems, and drive robust monitoring and health checks for data and models at scale.