8 lead data scientist jobs at 6 companies in Simi Valley, CA

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Founding Machine Learning / AI Search Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$310k/yr On-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Build the ML and AI search behind HiringCafe — ranking, recommenders, retrieval, and LLM agents that surface jobs people would never find on their own.
Python, PyTorch, Elasticsearch, LLMs
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Lead Data Scientist, AdTech
Los Angeles or Portland or San Diego or Seattle
$175k-$200k/yr RemoteFull Time
Launch Potato
Launch Potato: Digital media operating a portfolio of consumer brands.
5+ YOE5+ years applied data science experience in digital/performance marketing or leadgen; building/deploying ML in AWS; expertise in Python and SQL; experience with adtech algorithms, bandits, recommendation, LTV and ROAS-driven models.
Python, SQL, AWS, Looker, Google, Meta, LLMs
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Lead Data Scientist (Context Engineering)
Irvine or El Segundo
$154k-$193k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Rivian
RivianNASDAQ: RIVN: Designs and manufactures electric vehicles and charging networks.
8+ YOE8+ years in data architecture/systems or data engineering; Bachelor's in CS/Info Systems/Data Engineering required, Master's preferred; expertise in semantic modeling, Databricks, vector DBs, LangChain/LlamaIndex, Python and SQL; MarTech/CRM integration experience.
Databricks, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Vector Search, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Python, SQL, Salesforce, Braze, CDP, LLMs
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Lead Data Scientist (Agentic Solutions)
Irvine or El Segundo
$171k-$214k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Rivian
RivianNASDAQ: RIVN: Designs and manufactures electric vehicles and charging networks.
5+ YOE5+ years in ML or applied data science; expertise with agentic frameworks, SLMs, LoRA/QLoRA, token-efficient architectures; expert Python and strong SQL; Bachelor's required (Master/PhD preferred).
LangChain, LlamaIndex, Haystack, Phi, Mistral, Gemma, LoRA, QLoRA, Python, SQL, Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Snowplow
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Data Scientist, Principal
Oakland or Washington or Ohio or District of Columbia or California or Long Beach or Arizona or Colorado or Connecticut or Florida or Georgia or Maryland or Minnesota or Nevada or Oregon or El Dorado Hills or San Diego or Woodland Hills or Alabama or Illinois or Virginia or Wisconsin or Texas or New York
$182k-$273k/yr HybridFull Time
Ascendiun
Ascendiun: Nonprofit parent overseeing health insurance and clinical service organizations.
8+ YOEAdvanced experience in applied AI/ML and software development, strong Python engineering, hands-on with deep learning and LLM frameworks, experience building production AI applications and leading ML design.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, LangGraph, SQL, Spark, Azure, Google Cloud, AWS
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Senior Data Scientist, Data Analytics & Reporting (N380)
Los Angeles, California, United States
$9k-$13k/mo HybridFull Time
Heluna Health
Heluna Health: Supports population health through program management and fiscal sponsorship.
2+ YOE2+ MgmtTwo years of complex data science projects; bachelor or higher in data science-related field; six years of experience with two in lead role; driver license; Live Scan clearance.
R, Python, Power BI, Tableau
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Lead Applied Scientist, Marketing
Los Angeles or Portland or San Diego or Seattle or United States
$175k-$200k/yr RemoteFull Time
Launch Potato
Launch Potato: Digital media operating a portfolio of consumer brands.
5+ YOE5+ years applied data science experience in performance/leadgen; hands-on ML in AWS; expertise in Python and SQL; experience with bandits, recommendation/ranking, monetization/LTV modeling; strong modeling fundamentals and stakeholder communication.
AWS, Python, SQL, Looker, LLMs, Google, Meta
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Senior Scientist
Pasadena or Sudbury or Chicago or Tampa or Phoenix
$105k-$120k/yr HybridFull Time
Advocates for Human Potential
Advocates for Human Potential: Provides consulting and research services for human services systems.
5+ YOEPh.D.,5+ years leading evaluation-focused proposals and projects, expertise in substance use/rural health/criminal justice, experience with federal contracts and SAMHSA data tools.
Stata, REDCap, Dedoose, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, citation management software
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Director, Decision Science AI/ML Engineering & Ops
Burbank or Lake Buena Vista
$218k-$307k/yr HybridFull Time
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney CompanyNYSE: DIS: Produces movies, operates theme parks, and provides streaming services.
12+ YOE12+ years of experience leading decision scientists/ML engineers; strong statistical and modeling fluency; proficient in Python/SQL/R; able to deploy production-grade decision-science software; leadership and collaboration skills; experience with GitLab/GitHub, Docker, CI/CD.
Python, R, SQL, GitLab, GitHub, Docker, CI/CD