Data Scientist

Data Scientist needed to develop data-driven insights, run A/B tests, build dashboards, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Requires 4+ years of experience and SQL expertise.

As an early member of the Data Science team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the direction of our product and company. This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing startup and help define the data science function. You will have the chance to contribute to our mission to be the world's most knowledge-centric company by reshaping the future of search and technology.

Responsibilities

Develop data-driven insights from user behavior to inform our product roadmap and accelerate adoption
Come up with hypotheses and validate them by designing, running, and analyzing A/B tests
Figure out the right metrics and visualizations to track and implement them in dashboards, from features to company-wide
Work closely with other functions, such as engineering, product, growth, GTM, design, and user research.
Build tables to make analysis more efficient and make data more accessible

Qualifications

4+ years of experience working as a data scientist or related role
Experienced working at a fast-growing company working on consumer and/or growth
SQL expertise
Extensive A/B testing experience
Experience building dashboards using BI tools (ex: Omni, Mode, Hex, Looker or similar tools)
Self-starter and take ownership of your work end-to-end
Comfortable with open-ended problems
Experience with data modeling

Nice to have

Experience as one of the first data scientists at an early/growth stage company
Have data engineering and/or analytics engineering experience (ideally with dbt)
Experience with one or more area: ads, enterprise sales, search, large language models
Experience working with user research to blend qualitative and quantitative insights
Experience with Snowflake (especially as an admin)
Python experience
ML experience

The cash compensation range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000.

At Perplexity, we've experienced tremendous growth and adoption since publicly launching the world's first fully functional conversational answer engine in 2022. We've grown from answering 2.5 million questions per day at the start of 2024 to around 20 million daily queries in December 2024. We also offer Perplexity Enterprise Pro, which counts leading companies like Nvidia, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bridgewater, and Zoom as customers.

To support our rapid expansion, we've raised significant funding from some of the most respected technology investors. Our investor base includes IVP, NEA, Jeff Bezos, NVIDIA, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Naval Ravikant, Tobi Lutke, and many other visionary individuals. In 2024, our employee base grew nearly 300%, and we're just getting started.

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity is part of the total compensation package.

Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.