Top Data Science Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Leads the design, development, and deployment of scalable AI, generative AI, and machine learning solutions. Oversees data infrastructure, integration, data quality, and advanced analytics while managing client engagements and executive relationships. Drives business development, strategic direction, innovation, and AI-driven automation. Mentors teams, develops future leaders, and fosters collaboration, integrity, and client satisfaction across complex projects.

Leads AI and GenAI data science workstreams for client engagements. Develops machine learning, deep learning, and NLP models; applies statistical and predictive modeling; designs scalable data science workflows and pipelines; evaluates model performance; communicates insights through visualizations and executive narratives; coaches teams; and supports responsible AI governance.

Designs and optimizes AI and machine learning solutions, transforms data into insights, and develops production AI systems. Responsibilities include building data infrastructure, speech recognition and NLP tools, and reusable evaluation and monitoring capabilities. The role independently tests AI systems for performance, robustness, bias, explainability, and failure modes; evaluates technical controls; documents findings; communicates recommendations to clients; and mentors junior team members.

Leads the design, development, testing, and evaluation of AI and machine learning solutions. Directs data analysis, modeling, infrastructure, monitoring, and integration efforts while establishing standards for AI robustness, bias, explainability, failure modes, and technical controls. Manages large projects, advises clients, coaches teams, and develops reusable evaluation tools and evidence workflows for responsible AI deployment.

Design and deploy AI systems and machine learning models, perform data wrangling and analysis, and integrate solutions into data infrastructure. Develop scalable AI applications, relational data systems, evaluation tools, automated tests, and monitoring capabilities. Assess AI behavior, robustness, bias, explainability, drift, hallucinations, and guardrails while evaluating technical controls and communicating findings to clients and stakeholders.

Develop and implement AI and machine learning solutions, including algorithms, data models, infrastructure, evaluation tools, automated tests, monitoring, and responsible AI controls. Lead testing for robustness, bias, drift, explainability, hallucinations, and failure modes. Manage client accounts and technical workstreams, review evidence and controls, communicate trade-offs, mentor teams, and maintain delivery and professional standards.

Leads payer healthcare data science and operations consulting initiatives, using business analytics to improve payer processes and performance. Manages teams, client relationships, project resources, strategic planning, process optimization, quality standards, and operational transformation. Coaches junior staff, promotes innovative technologies, and identifies opportunities to enhance operational excellence and business outcomes.

Develop data science solutions for payments across Square and Cash App. Build AI-powered tools, ETL pipelines, dashboards, machine learning models, experiments, and cloud data systems. Partner with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Operations to improve payment success, cost efficiency, risk mitigation, and decision-making. Translate business needs into practical solutions, research questions independently, and operationalize data processes and infrastructure.

Develop data tools, AI automations, ETL pipelines, dashboards, and machine learning models for payments. Analyze experiments, optimize payment performance and costs, mitigate risk, maintain data systems and cloud infrastructure, and translate business needs into actionable solutions while partnering with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Operations.

Own product analytics for a healthcare platform by translating business questions into research plans, uncovering insights, modeling feature impacts, defining success criteria, and leading A/B testing. Partner with Product, Data Engineering, Finance, Clinical, and Operations teams to influence roadmap decisions, improve provider experience and quality, and optimize marketplace performance.

Develops and deploys production machine learning models and data science solutions for business, legal, investigative, and regulatory needs. Designs AI evaluation frameworks assessing bias, accuracy, reliability, and performance; analyzes structured and unstructured data; builds pipelines and testing tools; and translates legal and business requirements into technical solutions. The role collaborates with lawyers, clients, and cross-functional teams, manages concurrent engagements, communicates insights, and supports revenue-generating professional-services delivery.

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.

Own and deploy statistical, AI, and machine learning models for demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning. Analyze forecast accuracy, develop scenarios, manage data pipelines, create KPI reporting, and translate insights into operational recommendations. Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Purchasing, Production, Finance, and business units to support rolling 12–24-month planning and continuous process improvement.

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.

Build predictive failure models, real-time anomaly detection systems, diagnostic tools, and operational dashboards for spacecraft manufacturing, testing, and integration. Apply statistical modeling, causal inference, reliability analysis, and data mining to identify root causes, bottlenecks, quality issues, supplier risks, and process improvements. Develop reproducible Python and SQL analyses that support engineering decisions and mission reliability.

Build predictive models, anomaly detection systems, diagnostic tools, dashboards, and statistical quality-monitoring solutions for spacecraft manufacturing and testing. Analyze telemetry, production, supplier, and reliability data to identify failures, bottlenecks, delays, and root causes. Develop reproducible Python and SQL analyses and communicate actionable findings to engineering and operations stakeholders.

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.

Leads experimentation, causal inference, advanced statistical analysis, machine learning, and scalable data-product development. Partners with product, engineering, and research teams to generate insights, identify opportunities, influence executive decisions, and shape product strategy. Owns cross-functional projects, analytics roadmaps, reporting, stakeholder adoption, and methodological standards while translating complex data into actionable business outcomes.

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.

Develops and deploys analytical and machine learning solutions, leading exploratory data analysis, statistical modeling, feature engineering, scalable data pipelines, validation frameworks, and model optimization. Collaborates with product and engineering teams on proofs of concept and production integration, evaluates emerging technologies, and communicates insights through visualizations and presentations. Requires Python, SQL, cloud or containerized environments, ML pipeline experience, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance.