Senior Data Scientist, Customer Lifetime Value (LTV)

joinroot; United States; Remote; USD 171,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Root is seeking a Staff Data Scientist I to lead the design, development, and oversight of lifetime value models powering marketing, product decisions, and partnerships. You will guide data scientists, partner with ML engineers and business teams, and contribute hands-on throughout modeling, experimentation, validation, and deployment lifecycles.

The role emphasizes building scalable, production-ready models, evaluating tradeoffs, and shaping quarterly priorities with a focus on business impact

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (stats, CS, economics).
• 8+ years delivering high-impact data science work.
• Strong modeling, experimentation, and decision-support skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and oversight of lifetime value models.
• Guide data scientists and partner with ML engineers on deployment.

Skills

Python

SQL

Survival analysis

Experiment design

MLOps

Model deployment

Communication

Team leadership

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Statistics, CS, Economics or related field

Tools

AWS

Docker

dbt

Airflow

Metaflow

Step Functions

MLflow

Job description

Root is seeking a Staff Data Scientist I to lead the design, development, and oversight of lifetime value models powering marketing, product decisions, and partnerships. You will guide data scientists, partner with ML engineers and business teams, and contribute hands-on throughout modeling, experimentation, validation, and deployment lifecycles.

The role emphasizes building scalable, production-ready models, evaluating tradeoffs, and shaping quarterly priorities with a focus on business impact