Confido is the AI infrastructure powering modern CPG — the platform that 200+ brands like OLIPOP, Simple Mills, Dr. Squatch, and Tropicana use to run everything from deductions to production planning. Finance, accounting, sales, and operations, unified in one system for the first time.
We're growing 5x year over year with a small team in New York City; the people who join now will shape the product, the culture, and the company itself.
If you want your work on shelves everywhere — and outsized ownership while you build — we'd love to meet you.
The RoleAs an Applied AI Data Analyst, you will bridge the gap between our massive, unstructured financial and operational datasets to our core R&D team. You will own the evaluation platform of our agentic workflows forecasting pipelines, as well as improve customer facing insights leading to mission-critical decisions.
This role is part of the Applied AI Research department, with options to advance to senior data science and AI/ML engineering roles.
Location: New York, NY (In-Person | Relocation supported)
What you'll doAlgorithm & LLM Evaluation: Analyze edge cases, model predictions, hallucination rates, and extraction accuracy for our LLM-driven document processing systems and agentic workflows.
Root Cause Analysis: Dig deep into complex datasets (inconsistent financial documents, fragmented enterprise systems) to determine why an extraction or time-series model succeeded or failed.
Golden Dataset Curation: Define, curate, and maintain gold-standard evaluation datasets ("golden sets") for automated backtesting of AI agents and demand forecasting models.
Performance Monitoring & Evals: Build dashboards, data transformations, and evaluation harnesses to monitor system health, model drift, and AI performance metrics across release cycles.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with applied AI engineers, product managers and business operations managers to turn qualitative real-world problem definitions into quantitative product defining insights.
Education: Graduate degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or a related STEM field.
Experience: 2–4 years of experience in a quantitative data analyst or AI evaluation role, working closely alongside AI/ML R&D teams.
Programming & Agentic AI: Proficiency in Python and hands-on works with AI/ML models
Data Stack: Strong capabilities with SQL and enterprise data infrastructure (PostgreSQL, Snowflake, dbt, AWS).
Analytical Mindset: Exceptional ability to translate noisy, unstructured document data into rigorous evaluation insights for engineers.
Experience with LLM observability, tracing, and eval frameworks (LangSmith, Arize AI, or TruLens).
Proficiency with agentic workflows or multi-agent orchestration.
Familiarity with demand forecasting, time-series models, or statistical modeling.
Comfort in fast-moving, high-growth NYC startup environments.
Equity — own a meaningful piece of the company you’re helping build
Fully paid health coverage through Aetna — we cover 100% of employee premiums
Top-tier dental and vision coverage through Guardian
Carrot Fertility Pro — comprehensive fertility and family-forming support
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Unlimited PTO — plus regular 4-day holiday weekends we actually take
401(k) through Vestwell
Paid relocation support — we’ll help you make the move to NYC
Fully equipped workspace from day one — laptop, monitor, keyboard, and a $200 stipend to personalize your setup
Team perks — catered Friday lunches, team dinners, and unlimited coffee + snacks featuring products from the brands we work with
Confido provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Skills Required
- Graduate degree such as an M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or a related STEM field
- 2-4 years of experience in a quantitative data analyst or AI evaluation role working closely with AI/ML R&D teams
- Proficiency in Python
- Hands-on experience with AI/ML models
- Strong SQL capabilities
- Experience with enterprise data infrastructure including PostgreSQL, Snowflake, dbt, and AWS
- Ability to translate noisy, unstructured document data into rigorous evaluation insights
- Experience with LLM observability, tracing, and evaluation frameworks such as LangSmith, Arize AI, or TruLens
- Proficiency with agentic workflows or multi-agent orchestration
- Familiarity with demand forecasting, time-series models, or statistical modeling
- Comfort working in a fast-moving, high-growth New York City startup environment
Confido Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is positioned at the 90th percentile with clear statements about how salary and equity are set. Relocation to New York City is covered, signaling a strong, upfront approach to total compensation.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is described as meaningful and part of the standard offering across roles. This emphasis pairs with high cash positioning to enhance total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Company-paid medical plus comprehensive dental and vision are advertised as standard. Materials describe healthcare as a tax-free benefit intended to reduce financial burden and support preventive care.
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What We Do
CPG is a multi-trillion-dollar industry, but the path from factory to store shelf still runs on spreadsheets, emailed PDFs, and legacy systems held together with duct tape. Brands lose real time and money every day reconciling data, fighting retailer disputes, and coordinating across finance, sales, and supply chain. We're replacing that manual work with AI agents on a single intelligent platform — from cash application and deductions to demand forecasting, supply planning, and trade promotion management. It's working. We're the infrastructure behind 200+ brands, from OLIPOP to Simple Mills to Dr. Squatch, managing $40B+ in customer revenue, with 5x ARR growth. Backed by Footwork and Y Combinator.
Why Work With Us
You'll never wait for a performance review to get a raise or bonus you've earned. Ownership works the same way: trusted from day one to own things end to end. Need something to do your job better? You won't have to ask twice.
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