Data Scientist
At a glance
Mid-level Data Science role at Clay Labs. San Francisco · full-time · $170,000–$300,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Design experiments and estimate feature or channel lift when straightforward A/B testing is not feasible
- Connect team measures to company outcomes and set launch criteria, impact estimates, and forecasts
- Build predictive models that help teams prioritize, then investigate unusual results and complex user behavior
- Turn open-ended questions from leaders in your partner team into rigorous analysis that guides decisions
What you bring
- At least five years in data science, including ownership of experimentation, causal inference, or predictive modeling
- Strong statistical skills across experiment design, effect estimation, and exploratory analysis, with judgment about unreliable results
- Expertise in SQL and Python, plus experience using AI tools such as Claude Code or Cursor to speed up analysis
- A record of influencing product or business decisions through clear analysis tied to revenue
Who this fits
This mid-level role suits a data scientist who can work independently on ambiguous problems and explain findings to senior stakeholders. You’ll be embedded with a partner team in San Francisco, and the role is hybrid. The stated annual pay range is $170,000 to $300,000.
From the employer
About Clay
AI is unleashing the biggest wave of company creation in history. Clay's mission is to be the engine those companies use to grow to their full potential.
Clay predicts the next best action for your business and then helps you take it. We started by aggregating the best data for B2B companies. Then, we built the infrastructure to run any personalized campaign on top of it, including emails, ads, landing pages, and workflows that make reps more productive. Now, we're building agents that can help grow your company for you. We're already helping thousands of customers — including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Visa — go to market with unique data, signals, and AI research.
In 2026, we raised a $115M Series D at $7.1B Valuation led by Wellington — and are on track to cross $200M in revenue this quarter. We also launched a $1M Scholarship fund for GTME Education.
Some things to know about us:
Our community includes 17,000+ customers, 200+ integration partners, 125+ agencies, 50+ Clay clubs, and 30k members on Slack.
Our culture is unique inside and outside of work. Our team members are also DJs, activists, writers, clowns, marathoners, skydivers, psychedelic therapists, social workers, and more.
All employees can work with world-class coaches who specialize in creativity, management, and more.
Our operating principles — including negative maintenance and non-attached action — guide our work. Read more about them here.
Read about us in the NYT, Forbes, First Round Review, and more.
Hear from our employees directly on our Glassdoor page!
Data Scientist @ Clay
We're looking for a Data Scientist to join Clay's Data Science and Analytics team. You'll be durably embedded with a partner team—Product, Marketing, Sales, Finance, or Partnerships—as their full data partner, with the deep context to shape what gets built and how the business runs, backed by a central data team that operates as one center of excellence.
This role is for someone who wants to own challenging, ambiguous problems end to end: designing experiments, building predictive models, and designing new metrics to guide out business. Data scientists at Clay are strategic leaders and trusted truth-tellers. Plus, we are among the fastest growing AI businesses, and our team is at the bleeding edge of AI-enabled data science.
What You'll Do
Own causal inference and experimentation
Design and analyze experiments, and build incrementality measurement where clean A/B tests aren't possible (e.g., propensity-score matching to estimate true lift of features and GTM channels).
Define how we measure the business
Shape metric trees that connect team-level metrics to company outcomes, establish success criteria for product launches, and build frameworks for sizing and forecasting impact. Build predictive models that lead our team to focus on what matters most.
Go deep on the toughest questions
Root-cause anomalies, investigate nuanced behavioral questions, and build new analysis frameworks where existing patterns don't fit. Use data to teach all of Clay what we should be focusing on and what we can ignore.
Partner as an embedded expert
Work as the direct analytical partner to leaders in your area, turning ambiguous strategic questions into rigorous, decision-ready analysis.
What You'll Bring
5+ years in data science, with demonstrated ownership of experimentation, causal inference, or predictive modeling
Strong product and business sense: you connect analysis to decisions and revenue and have a demonstrated track record of directly influencing product and business decisions with your work
Strong statistical and experimentation foundations: experiment design, effect estimation, a large exploratory analysis toolkit, and knowing when a result shouldn't be trusted
Expert SQL and Python
Experience using AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) to accelerate analytical work: our team is AI-forward, and our workflows heavily utilize these tools
Clear communicator who can influence senior stakeholders
Nice To Haves
Experience with our stack: Snowflake, Github, dbt, Hex, Sigma, Dagster
Experience in product-led growth or B2B SaaS, especially usage-based pricing
Experience partnering with ML engineers to productionize models
Why Clay
At Clay, AI handles routine analytical questions, so your time goes to the problems that require your expertise: causal inference, prediction, and the deep dives that change decisions. You'll help shape how a fast-scaling company measures growth and makes decisions. We value ownership, thoughtfulness, creative problem-solving, and a relentless focus on impact.
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