Character.AI
Staff Data Scientist, Monetization
$250K–$300K
Redwood City, CA +1 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Apr 30, 2026
- Location
- Redwood City, CA
New York, NY - Experience
- 7+ years; consumer-facing product experience, ideally in chat, social, UGC, or entertainment platforms.
About the job
Partners with product, engineering, and growth teams to measure, experiment on, and optimize user-aligned monetization across subscriptions, advertising, and virtual currency.
What you'll do
- Define success metrics and lead experimentation for monetization products.
- Translate behavioral and economic data into actionable insights and product decisions.
- Build data science foundations, including experimentation, metrics, and analytics tooling, to support iteration and growth.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience as a Data Scientist working on consumer-facing products.
- Ability to turn analysis into product decisions and shipped outcomes.
- Experience building or scaling data science practices, including experimentation, metrics, and analytics tooling.
- Comfort working in fast-moving experimental environments with incomplete data.
Nice to have
- Experience with monetization systems such as subscriptions and pricing, advertising or ad marketplaces, or virtual currencies and gamified monetization.
- Background in consumer B2C products and/or B2B marketplaces.
Pay
$250K – $300K USD base salary
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