Plaid
Senior Data Scientist - Embedded Insights
$191K–$263K
San Francisco HQ +2 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco HQ
Seattle Office
New York City Office - Experience
- 6+ years of industry experience in Data Science or a related analytics role.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, or a closely related field.
About the job
Establish analytics and metrics for Embedded Insights, evaluating machine learning models and analyzing Plaid network and product data to guide decisions and improve products.
What you'll do
- Analyze network, product, and customer data to identify behavior, opportunities, anomalies, and risks.
- Build metrics, dashboards, monitoring systems, and reliable analytics workflows; assess model performance and improvement opportunities.
- Design experiments, define success measures, and communicate actionable recommendations to cross-functional partners.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of industry experience in Data Science or a related analytics role.
- Deep familiarity with SQL and data visualization tools; ability to code independently in Python, particularly for exploratory data analysis.
- Understanding of modern machine learning techniques, such as classification, clustering, and optimization.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, or a closely related field.
Nice to have
- Experience building or partnering on data pipelines using dbt or Airflow.
Pay
$190.8K – $262.8K USD base salary
Tools
SQL, Python, dbt, Airflow
AI focus
Evaluate and improve machine learning models and contribute to model development, performance monitoring, and machine learning roadmaps.
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