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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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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)