Drimva

Quince

Senior Data Scientist, Planning and Forecasting

$187K–$242K

Palo Alto, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 21, 2026

Experience
5–8 years of applied data science or operations research experience.

About the job

Own end-to-end forecasting and operations research modeling workstreams, from problem framing and experimentation through production deployment, monitoring, and iteration.

What you'll do

  • Develop and evaluate forecasting and operations research models using rigorous, documented experiments and a tournament framework.
  • Deploy, monitor, and iterate on production models in partnership with engineering and planning teams.
  • Translate planning operators’ needs into modeling problems and model outputs into actionable decisions.

What they ask for

  • 5–8 years of applied data science or operations research experience, with a track record of shipping models that moved business metrics.
  • Deep forecasting methodology expertise across statistical, ML, and AI-driven approaches.
  • Substantive experience in at least one operations research domain, such as inventory optimization, vendor lead-time modeling, or transportation mode selection.
  • Engineering fluency to own feature pipelines, experiments, and model serving; specific AI-native science practice.

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree in a quantitative field, such as Statistics, CS, Operations Research, Engineering, or Economics.

Pay

$187,000 — $242,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

LLM-aided EDA, agentic feature discovery, AI-augmented experiment design, feature stores, evaluation harnesses, model registry

AI focus

Use LLM-aided exploratory analysis, agentic feature discovery, and AI-assisted experimentation; evaluate AI-driven forecasting and operations research models alongside statistical and machine-learning approaches, validating AI suggestions before use.

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