Senior Data Scientist

Mrbeast; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Hybrid Model

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Beast Industries in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Staff Data Scientist to drive AI-first analytics and build predictive models for a 100M+ audience. You will lead end-to-end data science projects, design experiments, and partner with product, engineering, and operations to turn data into decisions.

This role blends hands-on modeling with mentoring, requires a Master's with 4+ years, strong SQL and Python or R, and a track record of business impact.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in a quantitative field, with at least 4 years in data science/advanced analytics.
• Strong SQL and Python or R required.
• Experience turning data into business impact and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data science projects from problem definition through deployment and measurement.
• Design, build, validate, and maintain statistical and ML models.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business objectives into analytical approaches and success metrics.
• Run experiments, causal analyses, and hypothesis testing to guide decisions.
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mentor junior data scientists and collaborate with engineering to productionize models.

Skills

AI-Native

Rigorous Analyst

Business-Impact Driven

Clear Communicator

Education

Master's degree

4+ years experience

Tools

SQL

Python or R

Job description

Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, the most watched person in the world. Renowned for revolutionizing digital content creation, Beast Industries encompasses a diverse portfolio of ventures that extend far beyond its origins on YouTube. With a mission to entertain, inspire, and create significant social impact, Beast Industries operates across various domains including digital media, philanthropy, consumer products, and innovative business initiatives. At Beast Industries, we believe in the transformative power of digital media and its potential to entertain, educate, and effect positive change. Our commitment to innovation, creativity, and philanthropy drives us to explore new frontiers, create unforgettable experiences, and build a legacy that inspires future generations.

Staff Data Scientist

The Opportunity

We're doing an AI-first engineering rebuild for a company that already has an audience of 100M+ people. This is a zero-to-one build with no legacy constraints, so your analysis and models shape the foundation instead of explaining an old one. You're here to turn data into decisions that move the business for one of the largest audiences on the planet.

The Work

You'll apply advanced statistics, experimentation, and machine learning to hard business problems, partnering with product, engineering, operations, and business leaders to find opportunities and prove impact. That means:

• Ship predictive models, experiments, and decision-support analytics that move key business KPIs.
• Build a privacy-safe understanding of a 100M+ audience that powers product and partner decisions.
• Raise the bar on experimentation and causal analysis, and bring AI tooling into the workflow where it helps.

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end data science projects from problem definition through deployment and measurement.
• Design, build, validate, and maintain statistical and machine learning models.
• Partner with stakeholders to turn business objectives into analytical approaches and success metrics.
• Run experimentation, causal analysis, and hypothesis testing to guide real decisions.
• Communicate complex findings to technical and non-technical audiences through clear storytelling.
• Build scalable analytical frameworks and reusable assets, and set data-quality standards.
• Mentor junior data scientists and analysts, and partner with engineering to productionize models.

Who You Are

• AI-Native: You're already using AI in your daily workflow to move faster from question to insight to shipped model.
• Rigorous Analyst: Master's + typically 4+ years in data science or advanced analytics, with deep expertise in statistical modeling, experimentation, and machine learning, plus strong SQL and Python or R.
• Business-Impact Driven: You've influenced real business decisions with data, and you measure success by adoption and outcomes, not just model metrics.
• Clear Communicator: You use evidence to challenge assumptions, explain complex ideas to anyone, and hold a high bar for rigor and reproducibility.

Bonus points for a PhD in a quantitative field, deploying ML models to production, cloud-based analytics and ML platforms, and mentoring data scientists or leading cross-functional initiatives.

Benefits

• Equity: Highly competitive equity package designed for a foundational hire.
• Hybrid Model: Expected :3 days per week in-office - San Mateo CA

Compensation: $178,000 –$223,000 base + equity + benefits

About Us

Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, the most watched person in the world. Renowned for revolutionizing digital content creation, Beast Industries encompasses a diverse portfolio of ventures that extend far beyond its origins on YouTube. With a mission to entertain, inspire, and create significant social impact, Beast Industries operates across various domains including digital media, philanthropy, consumer products, and innovative business initiatives. At Beast Industries, we believe in the transformative power of digital media and its potential to entertain, educate, and effect positive change. Our commitment to innovation, creativity, and philanthropy drives us to explore new frontiers, create unforgettable experiences, and build a legacy that inspires future generations.

The Perks, Why Work On the MrBeast Team

• Competitive Salary
• Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Dental, Vision and company-paid Life Insurance
• Company contributions to employee Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
• Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
• Company-provided technology package
• Relocation assistance where applicable, including travel and company-provided housing for the first 90 days