Staff Data Scientist - Founder-Level Impact (Remote)

Courtyard, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Fully remote

401(k) match

Dog stipend

Wellness programs

Career development

Flexible work

Job summary

Courtyard.io is hiring a Staff Data Scientist who operates more like a founder within the data function — self-driven enough to spot where DS can move the business, dig in unprompted, and land on a recommendation, not just an observation.

You’ll work across marketing, product, finance, and operations, in a business with a genuinely probabilistic core, so you should think naturally in ranges and likely outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years industry DS/analytics experience at senior/staff-level scope.
• Experience spanning multiple functions (marketing, product, finance, operations).
• Strong communication and ability to translate analysis into recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify where DS can create leverage across functions.
• Lead ambiguous investigations end-to-end with clear recommendations.
• Reason under uncertainty with ranges and simulated outcomes.
• Dig into root causes across systems with minimal handholding.
• Own core data models and metric definitions, leveraging AI for heavy lifting.
• Push self-serve AI-assisted analytics to reduce bespoke analyses.
• Set the bar for rigor and judgment across the team.

Skills

DS analytics

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Python/SQL

Tools

SQL

Python

ETL pipelines

Job description

Courtyard.io is hiring a Staff Data Scientist who operates more like a founder within the data function — self-driven enough to spot where DS can move the business, dig in unprompted, and land on a recommendation, not just an observation.

You’ll work across marketing, product, finance, and operations, in a business with a genuinely probabilistic core, so you should think naturally in ranges and likely outcomes.