Principal Decision Scientist

Own Company

Own Company

Seattle, WA, USA

Posted on May 26, 2026

Description

Position Overview:

As a Decision Scientist within the Data & Analytics organization, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to measure agentic impact, influence leaders with in-depth analysis, and strategically partner with Product Managers to shape the future of our work. You will work in a dynamic organization that sits at the intersection of analytics, AI, and automation, and is building the framework for the agentic enterprise in real time.

Core Responsibilities

  • Agentic Evaluation Frameworks: Develop and scale methodologies to evaluate the performance, reasoning, and reliability of agentic workflows and AI systems.

  • Causal Inference & Attribution: Build sophisticated models to solve complex attribution problems. You will distinguish between incremental gains and organic trends using various data science and modeling techniques at your disposal.

  • Experimental Design: Lead the design and analysis of complex experiments, moving beyond simple A/B testing into multivariate testing, switchback experiments, and quasi-experimental designs for cases where randomization is impossible.

  • Statistical Leadership: Refine and author methodologies, frameworks, analytical packages, and mentor junior team members.

  • Strategic Influence: Translate complex statistical findings into clear, actionable narratives for executive leadership, influencing the long-term product and business roadmap.

Technical Requirements

  • Background: Master’s or PhD in a highly quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Operations Research, or similar field.

  • Experience: 10+ years of experience in a quantitative role, with a proven track record of deploying causal models or experimental frameworks in a production environment.

  • Programming: Adept proficiency in Python or R (specifically the PyData stack: Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Statsmodels, Scikit-learn).

  • Data Retrieval: Mastery of SQL for complex data extraction, feature engineering, and performance tuning within cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery).

  • Modeling Mastery: Deep experience in high-dimensional regression, time-series analysis, and forecasting techniques.

  • Agentic Systems: Familiarity with LLM evaluation metrics (LLM-as-a-judge) and the unique statistical challenges posed by non-deterministic AI outputs.

Join our innovative team and contribute to our data-driven success. Apply today to help us build and maintain the data infrastructure that drives our business forward.

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