Founding Automated AI Product Engineer- Data Scientist at Career Mentors, LLC

Position Founding Automated AI Product Engineer- Data Scientist
Posted 12 Apr 2026
Expired 12 May 2026
Company Career Mentors, LLC
Location San Francisco | US
Job Type Full Time

Job Description:

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Founding Forward Deployed Data Scientist

San Francisco, CA (4 days/week onsite)

About the Role

Our client is building an AI-native product engineer that helps teams understand what to build next. Instead of relying on instinct or fragmented analysis, their platform automatically synthesizes user behavior and feedback to produce a clear, prioritized roadmap for product teams.

They are hiring a Founding Forward Deployed Data Scientist to work directly with customers, extract high-leverage insights, and build the analytics foundation that powers their product.

This is a true early-stage role (team of 5) with significant ownership, autonomy, and upside.

This role is ideal for someone who has considered founding a company but wants meaningful equity and product impact without taking full founder risk.

What You’ll Do
  • Work directly with customers to understand workflows and analytics needs
  • Own product analytics from insight generation through implementation
  • Build and ship analytics frameworks adopted by product and growth teams
  • Design and evaluate experimentation frameworks (A/B tests, diff-in-diff, matched markets, etc.)
  • Apply causal inference techniques to real-world product decisions
  • Develop internal tooling in Python (automation, APIs, workflow acceleration)
  • Leverage LLMs (prompt engineering, embeddings, hallucination evaluation) to enhance product intelligence
  • Deliver executive-level insight readouts to product, design, and engineering teams
  • Operate independently in an ambiguous, fast-moving startup environment


Requirements
  • 4+ years of hands-on data science experience in high-caliber product analytics teams
  • Experience at a B2B SaaS or high-growth technology company preferred
  • Advanced Python and SQL (pandas, NumPy, StatsModels, Scikit-learn)
  • Strong warehouse fluency (BigQuery, Snowflake)
  • Deep expertise in experimentation and causal inference:

    • A/B testing
    • Difference-in-differences
    • Propensity scoring
    • Matched markets
    • Statistical power analysis
  • Experience with data sampling techniques:

    • Stratified sampling
    • Bootstrapping
    • Extrapolation
  • Practical experience with LLMs:

    • Prompt engineering
    • Embeddings
    • Hallucination evaluation
  • Proven track record of independently building and shipping analytics frameworks
  • Clear communicator comfortable presenting to executive audiences
  • Self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and delivers end-to-end
Compensation & Equity
  • Salary: $200,000 – $250,000
  • Equity: Up to 3%
  • Early employees are compensated at the top of the market to reflect impact and ownership
Work Policy
  • Location: San Francisco
  • Onsite 4 days per week
Visa Policy
  • Visa transfers (e.g., H-1B transfers) supported
  • New visa sponsorship not available at this time
Interview Process (4 Steps)
  1. Remote screening interview
  2. In-person problem-solving interview
  3. Paid real-world project collaboration (minimum 2 days)
  4. Final decision discussion
Hiring
  • Multiple hires planned for this role

Equal Employment Opportunity

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Job Info:

  • Company: Career Mentors, LLC
  • Position: Founding Automated AI Product Engineer- Data Scientist
  • Work Location: San Francisco
  • Country: US

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