Data Scientist, People
Replit
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Compensation
Salary & market context
275% above the BLS national median
BLS national median: $74,680
- Targeting Senior or Staff Data Scientist depending on demonstrated scope and impact. - Experience in People Analytics, compensation analytics, or workforce analytics - Strong SQL and Python skills - Experience building predictive models and analytical frameworks for business decision-making - Strong 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 PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 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 BONUS POINTS - 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 This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office.
- Full-Time Employee Benefits Include: 💰 Competitive Salary & Equity 💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only) ⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability 🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave 🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays 🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office Only) 📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend 🧑💻 Autonomous Work Environment 🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only) 🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings ☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only) Want to learn more about what we are up to? - Meet the Replit Agent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYiVPrxY8-Y - Replit: Make an app for that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zd9hzngFwY - Replit Blog https://blog.replit.com/ - Amjad TED Talk https://youtu.be/kCudFI4tcpg?si=l4ViCejV_f2RZkDi Interviewing + Culture at Replit - Operating Principles https://blog.replit.com/operating-principles - Reasons not to work at Replit https://blog.replit.com/reasons-not-to-join-replit To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world.
Requirements
Top requirements
- REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE - Minimum 6 years of experience.
- Targeting Senior or Staff Data Scientist depending on demonstrated scope and impact. - Experience in People Analytics, compensation analytics, or workforce analytics - Strong SQL and Python skills - Experience building predictive models and analytical frameworks for business decision-making - Strong 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 PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 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 BONUS POINTS - 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 This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office.
- The role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Perks & setup
Benefits candidates care about
- Targeting Senior or Staff Data Scientist depending on demonstrated scope and impact. - Experience in People Analytics, compensation analytics, or workforce analytics - Strong SQL and Python skills - Experience building predictive models and analytical frameworks for business decision-making - Strong 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 PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 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 BONUS POINTS - 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 This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office.
- Full-Time Employee Benefits Include: 💰 Competitive Salary & Equity 💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only) ⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability 🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave 🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays 🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office Only) 📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend 🧑💻 Autonomous Work Environment 🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only) 🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings ☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only) Want to learn more about what we are up to? - Meet the Replit Agent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYiVPrxY8-Y - Replit: Make an app for that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zd9hzngFwY - Replit Blog https://blog.replit.com/ - Amjad TED Talk https://youtu.be/kCudFI4tcpg?si=l4ViCejV_f2RZkDi Interviewing + Culture at Replit - Operating Principles https://blog.replit.com/operating-principles - Reasons not to work at Replit https://blog.replit.com/reasons-not-to-join-replit To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world.
Why candidates care
Benefits & perks
- Targeting Senior or Staff Data Scientist depending on demonstrated scope and impact. - Experience in People Analytics, compensation analytics, or workforce analytics - Strong SQL and Python skills - Experience building predictive models and analytical frameworks for business decision-making - Strong 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 PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 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 BONUS POINTS - 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 This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office.
- Full-Time Employee Benefits Include: 💰 Competitive Salary & Equity 💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only) ⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability 🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave 🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays 🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office Only) 📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend 🧑💻 Autonomous Work Environment 🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only) 🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings ☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only) Want to learn more about what we are up to? - Meet the Replit Agent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYiVPrxY8-Y - Replit: Make an app for that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zd9hzngFwY - Replit Blog https://blog.replit.com/ - Amjad TED Talk https://youtu.be/kCudFI4tcpg?si=l4ViCejV_f2RZkDi Interviewing + Culture at Replit - Operating Principles https://blog.replit.com/operating-principles - Reasons not to work at Replit https://blog.replit.com/reasons-not-to-join-replit To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world.
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Requirements
- REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE - Minimum 6 years of experience.
- Targeting Senior or Staff Data Scientist depending on demonstrated scope and impact. - Experience in People Analytics, compensation analytics, or workforce analytics - Strong SQL and Python skills - Experience building predictive models and analytical frameworks for business decision-making - Strong 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 PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 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 BONUS POINTS - 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 This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office.
- The role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Responsibilities
What you'll do
- Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language.
- We’re looking for a Data Scientist, People to help us build the intelligence systems behind hiring, compensation, performance, organizational design, and workforce planning.
- You’ll work across HR, Recruiting, Finance, and Data Engineering to build models, tools, and workflows that improve how the company hires, rewards, retains, and organizes talent.
- IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL - Build the analytical foundation to evaluate compensation competitiveness.
- Example: a regretted attrition model that flags at-risk employees 90 days in advance and surfaces the underlying signals directly into manager 1:1 prep. - Design and deploy AI agents that draft first-pass recommendations for high-stakes People decisions, including compensation, promotion, and hiring.
- People leaders review and adjust rather than starting from scratch. - Build the recruiting analytics layer that connects sourcing channel to time-to-hire to first-year performance to tenure.
Role snapshot
About the role
Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation.
At https://replit.com?utm_source=chatgpt.comReplit, we’re building an AI-native company — and that includes how we operate internally.
We’re looking for a Data Scientist, People to help us build the intelligence systems behind hiring, compensation, performance, organizational design, and workforce planning.
This is not a traditional People Analytics role focused on dashboards and reporting. We want someone who can use data, AI, and automation to help the company make faster and better talent decisions at scale.
More detail
Nice to have
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- 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
More detail
Nice to have
- S
- 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
- This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office. The role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
- Full-Time Employee Benefits Include:
- 💰 Competitive Salary & Equity
- 💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only)
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