Staff Data Scientist, Syndio

• We’re looking for someone with hands-on experience building with generative AI - whether through LLM integrations, prompt engineering, or building lightweight tools and agents
• This is an ideal opportunity for someone who’s technically strong, deeply collaborative, and excited to grow into a strategic role where initiative, innovation, and leadership potential are valued
• Experience in data science, analytics engineering, or related fields, preferably in production environments
• Strong business acumen — able to connect data and technology work to organizational goals, understand tradeoffs, and prioritize for impact
• Entrepreneurial and self-directed—you take ownership, propose solutions, and drive initiatives forward
• Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python, especially for data wrangling, transformation, and tooling
• Hands-on experience building with generative AI (e.g., LLM-based tools, prompt workflows, integrations) — agent experience is a strong plus
• Experience working with large, complex datasets in a modern warehouse (BigQuery preferred)
• Comfortable navigating ambiguous or messy data, with a problem-solving mindset
• Interested in compensation or HR data, and excited by the challenges of scaling structured data in real-world applications
• Motivated by impact and growth — you want to scale your influence and grow into a strategic role with broader ownership over time

Desirable

• We’re looking for a Data Scientist with a customer mindset to join our growing data team and help transform raw, messy datasets into structured, useful data products that drive both internal insights and customer-facing features
• In this role, you won’t just build - you’ll define, shape, and deliver
• You’ll work directly with stakeholders and subject matter experts to scope opportunities, refine vision, and deliver data-powered solutions across our intelligent pay products and internal tools
• A major focus will be integrating priority datasets, market benchmarks, and proprietary compensation data into scalable and innovative product experiences
• You’ll also play a key role in supporting our AI Center of Excellence, helping to prototype and deliver AI-powered tools that enhance internal workflows and organizational productivity
• Drive how our most important datasets power data-driven product features in compensation and intelligent pay
• Collaborate directly with stakeholders and SMEs to define and deliver scoped product and tooling work
• Support the AI Center of Excellence by designing and building GenAI-powered internal tools that improve employee workflows
• Build and maintain curated datasets and transformation pipelines in BigQuery
• Develop and iterate on AI prototypes - from prompt-powered tools to agents - to support cross-functional teams
• Help identify new use cases and scale high-impact tools for both external products and internal operations

• 30 min interview with a member of our Talent Team
• 45 minute zoom interview with the Hiring Manager
• A take-home assignment (This replaces live coding in further interviews)
• 1- hour interview with 2 member from our Data Science Team
• 30 minute final interview with our Director of Strategy