Senior Data Scientist, AI & Education Analytics

Ignite Reading; United States; On-site; USD 148,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

Short-term Disability

401(k) Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Unlimited Vacation

Technology Stipend

Wellness Stipend

Life Insurance

Professional Development

Job summary

Ignite Reading seeks a Senior Data Scientist to lead advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and ML-driven decision-making across partner-facing teams. You will apply AI/ML to optimize student reading outcomes and partnerships nationwide, leveraging Claude, Cursor, and related tools.

You will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and CX to translate model outputs into actionable insights, mentor teammates, and build scalable AI workflows for a mission-driven organization focused on teaching kids

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years across ML lifecycle in production.
• Strong quantitative modeling and experimental design.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Hands-on experience building agentic workflows or LLM automations with Claude/Cursor.
• Familiarity with AI operating practices and guardrails.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Self-starter in a high-growth startup environment.
• Passion for teaching kids to read.
• Preferred: experience with education data and PII handling.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver end-to-end predictive models (e.g., churn, lead scoring, health scores).
• Develop attribution and marketing mix models to inform strategy.
• Apply statistical methods to identify drivers and communicate findings clearly.
• Own the full ML lifecycle from problem framing to deployment and monitoring.
• Establish repeatable standards for model development and validation.
• Identify opportunities to apply ML to new business problems and surface recommendations.
• Build and deploy agentic workflows and Claude Skills to automate tasks.
• Evaluate emerging AI tools and techniques relevant to analytics.
• Mentor the analytics team and promote AI literacy.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and CX to translate model outputs into insights.

Skills

SQL

Python

ML lifecycle

Agentic workflows

Claude skills

AI tooling

Tools

Claude

Cursor

Job description

Ignite Reading seeks a Senior Data Scientist to lead advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and ML-driven decision-making across partner-facing teams. You will apply AI/ML to optimize student reading outcomes and partnerships nationwide, leveraging Claude, Cursor, and related tools.

You will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and CX to translate model outputs into actionable insights, mentor teammates, and build scalable AI workflows for a mission-driven organization focused on teaching kids