Top Data Science Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Develop and tune ML models, productionize and deploy strategies for ML systems, and align cross-functionally to communicate performance metrics.

Lead end-to-end machine learning and advanced analytics projects: frame problems, build and deploy predictive/prescriptive models, design ETL pipelines, create dashboards and A/B test metrics, and deliver actionable insights to business stakeholders to improve fleet, pricing, and ridesharing products.

Develop, validate, and improve machine learning models (regression, classification, forecasting, optimization). Prepare data, perform feature engineering, train and evaluate models, and support deployment with Data/ML Engineering. Communicate results, document methods, and collaborate on experiments and cross-functional initiatives.

Lead end-to-end development of fraud and risk ML systems: define problems, engineer features, build and evaluate models, collaborate with product and engineering, deploy with ML engineers, and monitor production performance to detect drift and trigger retraining.

Design, build, evaluate, and deploy predictive ML models across regression, classification, NLP, computer vision, and time-series problems. Perform data cleaning, feature engineering, EDA, model selection, tuning, explanation (SHAP, feature importance), and collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to operationalize and monitor models in production.

As a Staff Data Scientist, you will lead initiatives to build and optimize machine learning models, collaborate across departments, and solve complex business problems using data.

As a Data Scientist, you will build predictive models, develop software tools, and analyze geoscientific data to support mineral exploration and discovery.

The Data Scientist will develop predictive models, analyze geophysical data, and collaborate with geoscientists to enhance exploration programs, focusing on mineral deposits.

As a Data Scientist, you will develop predictive models, analyze geoscientific data, and collaborate with geoscientists to improve mineral exploration efforts.

The role involves programming and data review for real-world data analysis, supporting epidemiologists, and managing complex data sets using statistical programming languages and tools.

Lead end-to-end data science projects including predictive modeling, algorithm design, and data pipelines. Build campaign-focused models (turnout, partisanship), perform exploration and visualization, translate insights into memos/presentations, collaborate with engineering to productionize models, mentor junior data scientists, and prototype emerging AI solutions for product impact.

Design, build, and own large-scale data pipelines and ML data curation for multimodal (text, image, audio, video) model training. Partner with research teams to ingest, label, filter, augment, store, and ensure dataset quality, compliance, and scalability. Optimize distributed data processing for training, prototype dataset tools, and integrate research advances into production systems.

The Senior Data Scientist will lead innovative data science efforts, leveraging advanced analytics, visualization, and insights from complex datasets to boost productivity.

Build marketing data science models and decision systems for spend allocation, channel measurement, forecasting, experimentation, and growth optimization. Unify marketing, retail, revenue, and product data; develop dashboards and analytical products; apply AI/ML and causal inference; and translate complex analysis into actionable recommendations for executives and cross-functional teams. The role also includes improving data quality, mentoring, documentation, and technical leadership.

Lead end-to-end data science initiatives for commercial property or homeowners insurance: acquire and prepare data, build and validate predictive models, deploy and monitor production models, ensure governance and documentation, advise teams, and evaluate emerging ML/AI techniques to improve pricing, risk selection, and underwriting outcomes.

Design and implement advanced ML models for real-time forecasting and decision support, ensure data provenance and lineage, integrate federated geospatial and multi-format data, produce ROM and quarterly cost/resource reports, and apply Agile sprint practices to deliver mission-aligned analytics for DoD/IC customers.

Build, ship, and own end-to-end ML models for vendor matching, order routing, and supply-chain optimization. Partner with data engineering to productionize models, quantify impact, document work, and implement decision logic components toward agentic AI in a fast-moving healthcare startup environment.

Lead development of time-series and econometric models (ARIMA, VAR, state-space, WLS, panel data) and Bayesian probabilistic frameworks. Use causal inference and stochastic processes to produce actionable insights, work with large datasets on Databricks, communicate results to stakeholders, and mentor junior team members.

Lead advanced analytics and ML projects: perform EDA, feature engineering, statistical modeling, and build/optimize production ML and Generative AI solutions (LLMs, embeddings, RAG). Collaborate with engineering and MLOps to deploy and monitor models, create visualizations and dashboards, translate insights for stakeholders, and mentor junior team members.

Design, build, and deploy production-grade generative AI applications: orchestrate multi-agent systems, implement advanced RAG with vector DBs, fine-tune and host LLMs, optimize GenAI workflows, and deliver scalable FastAPI-based backend services with Docker and monitoring.

Design, build, and deploy production-grade generative AI systems: multi-agent orchestration, advanced RAG with vector databases, integrate/swap LLMs, fine-tune models, optimize prompts and latency, and containerize services with monitoring and CI/CD.

Design, build, and scale production Generative AI systems: multi-agent orchestration, advanced RAG with vector databases, LLM integration and fine-tuning, scalable FastAPI backends, Dockerized deployment, monitoring, and GenAI optimization for latency, cost, and reliability.

Design, build, and deploy production Generative AI applications: orchestrate multi-agent workflows, implement advanced RAG with vector DBs, integrate and fine-tune LLMs, develop scalable FastAPI/async backends, containerize with Docker, and optimize GenAI systems for latency, cost, and reliability.

Lead research defining fabric's AI shopping roadmap: design and run quantitative studies, build models and benchmarks for AI search (AEO/GEO), run experiments, translate findings into customer-facing insights, and publish research to influence product and go-to-market strategy.

Build and validate production-grade ML and AI systems across pricing, underwriting, claims, and portfolio management. Work with structured and unstructured data, LLMs and agentic workflows, extract information from documents, resolve entities, create feature pipelines and inference services, quantify uncertainty, monitor drift, and measure business impact in collaboration with engineers, actuaries, underwriters, and product teams.