Senior Data Scientist, Descript
Marketing
$170-208k
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AI video & podcast editor
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AI video & podcast editor
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$170-208k
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make it easy for anyone o record, edit, and share any video.
Role
Who you are
- Extreme ownership and resourcefulness to get things done
- Deep understanding of ads platforms (Meta, Google, Microsoft), data enrichment, and reverse ETL process through a CDP such as Segment or Census
- Strong working knowledge of incrementality testing, randomized controlled experiments and quasi-experiments
- Experience with building in-house attribution models
- Proven success working with both product-led growth funnels and sales-led GTM motions
- Experience with AI tools and frameworks for marketing analytics and optimization
- Familiarity with LLMs and how they can be leveraged to enhance marketing insights
- Understanding of how to build and deploy AI-powered prediction models for user behavior and conversion
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g. computer science, mathematics, statistics, etc)
- 5+ years of experience in a data scientist or related role
- Proficient in SQL and at least one programming language such as Python or R
What the job involves
- We are looking for a strategic and hands-on Marketing Data Scientist to join our Growth team
- You’ll partner closely with Performance marketing team to architect our measurement framework, optimize performance across full-funnel marketing, and enable smarter business decisions through data
- This is a pivotal role for scaling Descript's marketing engine across both B2C product-led and B2B sales-led growth motions
- You'll pioneer the use of AI-enhanced analytics tools that automate strategic decision-making processes and deliver predictive insights at scale
- Define and Evolve Marketing Measurement:
- Develop channel specific CAC targets accounting for audience intent and funnel stage
- Iterate and improve attribution models, while navigating platform-reported limitations and first-party data availability
- Drive incrementality measurement, partnering with the performance marketing team to design and run in-house conversion lift experiments
- Design and build AI-powered tools that automate routine marketing analyses and surface actionable insights
- Build Core Dashboards & Reporting:
- Own the creation and ongoing refinement of marketing dashboards
- Ensure clear, automated, and actionable reporting on acquisition, retention, and monetization
- Lead Modeling & Forecasting Initiatives:
- Create models to score leads based on their likelihood to convert, helping sales and marketing teams prioritize high-value prospects
- Build models to forecast campaign performance and support monthly budget allocation
- Develop recommendation systems that leverage user behavior data to suggest optimal channel mix and budget allocation
- Be a Strategic Partner:
- Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Product, and Analytics Engineering to ensure data quality, interpretability, and usability
- Champion high standards for experimentation, measurement, and statistical rigor across the org
- Proactively identify trends, patterns, and opportunities through data to improve day-to-day operations and drive user acquisition, activation, and retention
Our take
The rise of digital content has made video and audio creation more important than ever, but producing polished media can still be quite complex. Descript makes editing accessible to anyone, simplifying recording, editing, and publishing. And its platform empowers over 7M users to bring ideas to life without needing advanced technical skills.
Descript's standout feature is its AI co-editor, Underlord, which lets users create and edit videos just by describing what they want,. It can generate rough cuts, add visuals and B-roll, apply AI effects, and format content for social media. While many creators are still wary of AI in content creation, Descript has built its tools to augment human creativity, giving users control while handling the heavy lifting.
Serving millions of creators and businesses worldwide, Descript keeps innovating with AI features that learn from user input. By combining intuitive tools with responsible AI, the platform is helping content creators work faster and smarter, reshaping video and audio production while keeping the creative vision firmly in human hands.
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Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2022
$50m
SERIES C
Jan 2021
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Health: We’ve got you covered with medical, dental, and vision benefits for all employees and their dependents. These include HMO and PPO healthcare plans
- Time off: Paid holidays are a given, but you can also expect flexible time off. Feel comfortable to take the time you need, when you need it.
- Parental leave: New parents receive paid parental leave to spend quality time with their expanding families.
- Home-office stipend: Get your work-from-home setup ready with our home-office stipend.
- Retirement: We offer a variety of retirement plans, including employer matching.
- Free food & refreshments: Come say hey! Visit our office for free lunch, snacks, and drinks.
- Destination off-sites: No matter where you work, you’ll get to know your team. We host two annual gatherings: a company-wide off-site and a team-specific off-site.
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Laura Burkhauser
(CEO)Laura joined Descript in 2023 as a VP of Product and became CEO in 2025. Prior to this, she was a Director of Product Management at Twitter and Rent The Runway.
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