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Senior Data Scientist - Data Foundations & AI

United States, San Francisco 174000.00 - 260400.00 USD / Year · Job Posted March 05, 2026
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Job Description

You’ll be a Senior Data Scientist on the Data Foundation & AI team at Plaid. In this role, you will define and operationalize quality measurement across our enrichment and AI systems, ensuring our products deliver reliable, high-impact outcomes for customers. You’ll own and evolve evaluation frameworks, investigate customer-facing quality issues, and build automation to accelerate iteration and improvement cycles. Partnering closely with product and engineering, you’ll use data-driven insights to inform roadmap decisions and raise the bar for quality across our AI-powered experiences.

Job Responsibility

  • Defining quality metrics that shape product direction
  • Turning ambiguous customer complaints into structured investigations
  • Building evaluation systems that scale
  • Measuring AI system effectiveness in a principled way
  • Automating workflows using modern AI tools
  • Influencing roadmap decisions through data

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in data science or analytics roles
  • Experience defining evaluation and metrics frameworks
  • Strong SQL and Python skills
  • Experience investigating ambiguous problems end-to-end
  • Ability to operate independently and influence stakeholders
  • Clear communication of trade-offs and insights
  • Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment, working with both technical and non-technical partners to drive measurable outcomes

Nice to have

Experience evaluating AI or ML systems is a plus

What we offer

  • medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)
  • equity and/or commission

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