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Member of Data Staff (Data Scientist)

Perplexity · Data Science

Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Metro
San Francisco Bay Area
Workplace
On-site
Level
Staff+
Type
Full-time
Pay
$175K–$330K/yr (published by employer)
Posted
8 months ago
Source
Ashby

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What the posting covers

About the company

Perplexity is AI for people who expect more. This role brings that standard to how we understand our users, shape our product, and decide what to build next. We're looking for a data scientist who can turn product questions into clear decisions. You'll work…

What You'll Do

Develop product insights - analyze user behavior to inform product roadmap, accelerate adoption, and identify opportunities to improve the user experience. Design and analyze experiments - form hypotheses, define success metrics, run A/B tests, interpret…

What We're Looking For

6+ years of experience as a data scientist or closely related role. Strong product sense - you understand user behavior, product tradeoffs, and how to connect analysis to decisions. SQL expertise - you can navigate a complex data warehouse on your own, reason…

Bonus

Experience with dbt, data modeling, or analytics engineering. Python experience for analysis, automation, or internal tools. Experience with Snowflake, especially performance and cost-aware querying. Experience combining qualitative user research with…

Why This Role

Define data science at Perplexity - you'll help set the bar for how an AI-native data science team operates. Work on questions with no playbook - AI-native products are too new for established benchmarks. What engagement, retention, and user success look like…