Replit

Engineering

DataScientist,People

$210–350k Foster City, California, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Data Scientist, People at Replit. Skills: Data Science, AI, LLMs, predictive modeling, causal inference, People Analytics. Build the analytical foundation to evaluate compensation competitiveness. Connect Ashby offer data, band position, acceptance rates, and market benchmarks into a live system that recommends specific adjustments”

Industry & Context.

Engineering
Problems you'll solve

Build the analytical foundation; Develop predictive models; Analyze organizational effectiveness; rigorous analysis

Eligibility Requirements

Ability to handle highly sensitive organizational and compensation data with discretion, In-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Minimum 6 years of experience, Experience in People Analytics, compensation analytics, or workforce analytics, SQL and Python skills, Experience building predictive models and analytical frameworks for business decision-making, statistical foundation, including experimentation and causal inference, Experience working with large-scale operational or behavioral datasets, Demonstrated experience using AI and LLMs in analytics workflows, Ability to communicate complex insights clearly to executives and cross-functional partners, High ownership mindset and comfort operating in fast-moving environments, Ability to handle highly sensitive organizational and compensation data with discretion

Nice to Have

Experience at a high-growth or AI-native company, Experience building internal tools, agents, or automated workflows, Familiarity with organizational design, compensation, or talent management concepts, Experience with modern data stack tools (dbt, BigQuery, Snowflake, etc.), Experience with People systems such as Rippling, Ashby, Lattice, or Carta, Experience building on Replit, Experience with NLP or unstructured text analysis, Interest in the future of AI-native organizations and how AI changes the way companies operate

What You'll Do.

Build the analytical foundation to evaluate compensation competitiveness

Connect Ashby offer data

and market benchmarks into a live system that recommends specific adjustments

Develop predictive models and tooling that help managers and recruiters make better decisions faster

Design and deploy AI agents that draft first-pass recommendations for high-stakes People decisions

Build the recruiting analytics layer that connects sourcing channel to time-to-hire to first-year performance to tenure

Analyze organizational effectiveness

including spans and layers

and hiring efficiency

Partner with Finance to move from spreadsheets to live workforce model that accounts for attrition

and ramp time by function

Use LLMs and agentic workflows to analyze unstructured People data at scale

Replace recurring reporting cycles with always-on agents that surface insights to leaders when they need them

Support high-stakes organizational and talent decisions with rigorous analysis

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

work across HR, Recruiting, Finance, and Data Engineering; partner closely with the People leadership team; Ability to communicate complex insights clearly to executives and cross-functional partners

Communication Scope

Ability to communicate complex insights clearly to executives and cross-functional partners

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