Top Remote Data Science Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Support data-driven decision-making by collecting, cleaning, and analyzing structured and unstructured data, performing EDA, assisting in building and validating ML and statistical models, creating visualizations and dashboards, documenting findings, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Develop and deploy machine learning, AI, causal inference, and statistical solutions for advertising measurement products. Build prototypes, conduct experiments, analyze large-scale data, and advance attribution capabilities from early concepts through production. Collaborate with engineering, product, analysts, and account teams to improve measurement and marketing ROI. Responsibilities include owning measurement products, applying Bayesian and marketing models, writing production code, and communicating methodologies and findings to technical and nontechnical audiences.

Develop AI and machine learning solutions for fraud, anomaly detection, semantic search, entity resolution, and investigative analytics. Build and operationalize models across structured and unstructured data using AWS data lakehouse services, generative AI, NLP, graph analytics, and document intelligence. Evaluate model performance, explainability, monitoring, and risk scoring while supporting production integration, dashboards, and investigative workflows. Collaborate with technical teams, investigators, stakeholders, and federal clients in an Agile environment.

Develop, train, evaluate, deploy, and monitor machine learning and statistical models using Databricks, Python, SQL, Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow. Prepare datasets, engineer features, manage model lifecycles, validate data, and support governance practices. Translate client requirements into scalable analytics solutions, analyze trends, and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders while collaborating across data science, engineering, cloud, security, and business teams.

Drive product and business impact through statistical modeling, experiment design, Bayesian marketing analysis, machine learning, NLP, LLM applications, and classifier implementation. Build growth metrics, monitoring pipelines, evaluation datasets, and AI trigger systems across search and Duck.ai. Analyze privacy-constrained data, deploy production-grade models, optimize SQL queries, and lead complex projects from scoping through production with minimal direction.

Lead the development of statistical and machine learning models for time-series and geospatial data. Build analytic solutions, datasets, ETL workflows, forecasting and anomaly-detection models, simulations, visualizations, and reports. Evaluate algorithm performance, optimize classifiers, document processes, and collaborate with engineers, analysts, mission partners, and stakeholders to deliver reliable mission-focused software and data capabilities.

Develops statistical and machine learning models for kinematic behavior detection using live, historical, time-series, and geospatial data. Responsibilities include data integration, ETL, feature engineering, forecasting, anomaly detection, algorithm evaluation, simulation, visualization, reporting, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration. The role also contributes to mission-focused software applications, APIs, data workflows, code reviews, troubleshooting, and agile development in a remote-first environment.

Lead statistical and machine learning model development for time-series and geospatial data supporting the FALCON mission. Responsibilities include feature engineering, forecasting, anomaly detection, ETL, dataset creation, algorithm evaluation, simulation, data visualization, reporting, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration. The role also contributes to software applications, APIs, data pipelines, code reviews, troubleshooting, and iterative agile development.

Lead a small data science team while remaining hands-on in building advertising audience, measurement, ranking, and data-feed models. Set technical direction, apply causal inference and experimental design, build scalable production systems, mentor scientists, and partner with product, engineering, sales, and business development teams. Translate campaign data into trusted measurement products, influence senior leaders and customers, and establish Fetch’s methodology as a market standard.

Develops predictive models, machine learning solutions, data pipelines, statistical analyses, and internal data applications. The role uses Python and SQL Server to analyze structured and unstructured data, applying NLP, classification, regression, clustering, automation, and AI/LLM techniques. Responsibilities include maintaining data science platforms, supporting cross-functional decision-making, and communicating technical findings to non-technical audiences.

Build and scale first-line risk control monitoring systems using statistical analysis, automated workflows, and reusable data science modules. Define risk metrics, investigate control performance, establish thresholds and guardrails, and translate analyses into monitoring applications. Partner with risk, compliance, product, and engineering teams to improve governance, identify monitoring gaps, and support decision-making. Lead ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives while communicating findings, limitations, and recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.

Build and scale first-line risk control performance monitoring for financial products. Develop metrics, key risk indicators, statistical baselines, thresholds, automated workflows, and reusable analytical modules. Partner with risk, compliance, product, and engineering teams to improve governance, identify monitoring gaps, evaluate control effectiveness, and support decisions. Lead ambiguous initiatives from definition through adoption while communicating findings, limitations, and recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.

Early-career Data Scientist supporting supply chain transformation through machine learning, forecasting, statistical modeling, data preparation, dashboards, and AI solutions. The role addresses inventory optimization, demand forecasting, production planning, delivery performance, and cost reduction. Responsibilities include developing analytical datasets and workflows with Python and SQL, evaluating models, integrating enterprise data, supporting cloud-based analytics, and communicating insights to business stakeholders in a manufacturing environment.

Develop marketing effectiveness analytics using Marketing Mix Modeling, attribution, customer lifetime value, experimentation, and causal inference. Build automated, scalable model pipelines, insight-ready datasets, and self-serve dashboards. Analyze campaigns, support marketing strategy, communicate findings to executives, and lead high-impact projects independently while collaborating cross-functionally.

Own analytical strategy and develop AI/ML models for Zip’s financial products, including cash and rent advances. Lead ambiguous 0-to-1 initiatives using bank transaction data, establish evaluation frameworks, guide risk and growth decisions, and deliver models from experimentation through production. Provide technical direction to data scientists, mentor junior team members, collaborate with engineering, and advise senior stakeholders on model trade-offs. The role requires strong financial services, statistical, research, and machine learning expertise.

Develops machine learning models and production data science pipelines to improve subscription conversion, content recommendations, user understanding, workflow automation, and product decisions. Leads analytical projects and experiments, applies statistical methods to web-scale data, and collaborates with data, product, growth, and engineering teams. The role also communicates complex findings to diverse audiences and helps foster a strong data science culture.

Own product-led growth analytics across activation, engagement, conversion, monetization, and retention. Lead experimentation, statistical analysis, causal inference, metric development, and proactive opportunity discovery. Build scalable analytical systems, monitoring frameworks, semantic models, and AI-powered tools. Partner with Product, Engineering, and leadership to shape product bets, investment decisions, and roadmap priorities. Work autonomously in a remote-first environment and communicate complex findings through clear, actionable recommendations.

Build predictive and machine learning models for patient needs, operational forecasting, churn, advocate quality, and risk. Design A/B tests and causal inference studies, apply advanced statistical methods, productionize models with data engineers, and communicate insights to business stakeholders. The role requires Python, advanced SQL, forecasting expertise, statistical proficiency, data privacy awareness, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced healthcare startup.

Evaluate migration technologies, build quantitative models for migration risk and data quality, coordinate customer migration projects, develop data pipelines and analytical frameworks, implement Python and SQL validation workflows, assess cloud environments, and create dashboards and reporting for product, sales, and operations teams.

Lead the design, development, deployment, monitoring, and improvement of interconnected customer lifetime value models covering conversion, retention, premiums, and claim losses. Serve as a hands-on technical leader, guide modeling strategy, evaluate experiments and business impact, partner with engineering and business teams, support production ML systems, establish technical standards, and coach other data scientists.

Lead client engagements from data onboarding through production, plan studies that demonstrate business value, and build automated machine learning workflows using Python, scikit-learn, pandas, and Spark. Translate client business questions into data solutions, manage stakeholder relationships, evaluate model performance, and inform product planning. Requires healthcare or life sciences data experience and end-to-end delivery of sophisticated data or machine learning solutions.

Partner with AI labs to improve frontier models by designing targeted data collection workflows, analyzing experimental results, and implementing quality controls. The role involves evaluating model behavior, reducing bias, supporting model safety and alignment, and translating technical findings into actionable insights for AI researchers and customers. Python is used for data analysis, pipeline development, and workflow prototyping.

Applied Data Scientist focused on incrementality, causal inference, experimentation, Marketing Mix Modeling, and predictive products. The role partners directly with customers to interpret data, diagnose measurement issues, explain statistical results, and provide actionable recommendations. Responsibilities include building diagnostic tools, analyzing model and experiment outcomes, improving methodologies and production capabilities, and collaborating with Product, Engineering, Media Strategy, Customer Success, and senior data scientists.

Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic data science and AI solutions for AI infrastructure. Work with telemetry and experimentation at fleet scale to build, deploy, and measure predictive and prescriptive models. Partner with stakeholders, present insights, enable adoption, and promote responsible AI. Collaborate closely with data engineers and infrastructure teams to productionize scalable ML solutions.

Own and improve sales quota-setting models and methodologies using statistical modeling, forecasting, optimization, machine learning, and AI. Validate data, assumptions, model outputs, and business impact while partnering with Finance, Sales Compensation, Analytics, Engineering, and business stakeholders. Develop scalable analytical workflows and LLM solutions, including RAG applications, and communicate quantitative findings clearly to influence sales strategy, incentive programs, and operational decisions.