Drimva

Quince

Staff Data Scientist, Planning and Forecasting

$288K–$315K

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

Experience
8+ years of applied data science or operations research experience.
Education
Advanced degree in a quantitative field preferred; PhD a plus.

About the job

Build and lead end-to-end data science workstreams for supply chain planning, including forecasting, inventory placement, vendor performance, and procurement signals.

What you'll do

  • Own workstreams from methodology and production models through iteration and measured business impact.
  • Set rigorous evaluation and experimentation standards, including for AI-assisted science workflows.
  • Mentor scientists and partner with planning operators and engineering to turn operational needs into actionable models.

What they ask for

  • 8+ years of applied data science or operations research experience, with deep expertise in one or two supply chain planning domains.
  • Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of modelling workstreams, from problem framing through production deployment, iteration, and measured business impact.
  • Methodological breadth across forecasting and operations research, including classical, ML, and AI-driven approaches.
  • Engineering fluency across feature pipelines, experiments, and model serving; detailed examples of AI-native science practice; and a track record of mentoring scientists.

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree in a quantitative field; PhD a plus.

Pay

$287,500 — $315,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

LLMs, AI

AI focus

Use LLM-aided exploratory data analysis and feature work, agentic feature discovery, and AI-augmented experimentation; evaluate AI-driven models rigorously alongside other approaches.

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