ibotta
Data Scientist, Strategic Partner Analytics
$110K–$130K
Hybrid - Denver · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years; progressive professional experience in data science, machine learning, statistics, data analysis, or related experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, or similar field required; advanced degree preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
About the job
Build and operate uplift models that personalize weekly retention bonuses, optimize performance against cost, and provide actionable insights to Marketing stakeholders.
What you'll do
- Build, retrain, tune, deploy, and monitor production models and feature pipelines; manage weekly operations and budget thresholds.
- Design and analyze A/B tests and holdouts, and analyze saver behavior to improve models and marketing programs.
- Report model performance and business impact, and collaborate with engineering and Marketing partners on data and team best practices.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of progressive professional experience in data science, machine learning, statistics, data analysis, or related experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, or a similar field.
- Deep Python (pandas, scikit-learn) and SQL skills; hands-on experience building and evaluating machine learning and statistical models.
- Working knowledge of experimentation and causal inference; production model deployment or maintenance experience, using Git and an orchestration tool such as Airflow or Databricks Jobs.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree.
- Spark or PySpark; uplift or heterogeneous treatment effect modeling; model monitoring and drift detection; or experience with marketing incentives, promotions, loyalty, or retention programs.
Pay
$110,000 - $130,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, pandas, scikit-learn, SQL, Spark, PySpark, TensorFlow/Keras, PyTorch
AI focus
Use AI coding assistants and review, test, and debug the code they produce.
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