Senior Data Scientist, AI & App Experience
Chime Financial, Inc · San Francisco, CA
$133,000–$185,000from the description
Jul 7, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor analytics role focused on defining and owning the measurement framework for a fintech app's user engagement and AI-powered features. Day-to-day work involves building data models, running deep-dive analyses, setting methodological standards, and acting as a strategic thought partner to Director- and VP-level leaders across product, engineering, design, and operations. Suits an experienced data professional with strong SQL and dbt skills and a background in product or experience metrics.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 1,500–3,800
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $122,874 (middle half $87,544–$162,374). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role sits at the boundary between 15-2051 (Data Scientists) and 15-2031 (Operations Research Analysts). The emphasis on statistical inference, experiment design, building data models, and mentoring data scientists tips it toward 15-2051, but the heavy BI/product-analytics framing (engagement, adoption, retention metrics, executive read-outs) is a real pull toward 15-2031.
SQL and dbt are called out with firm, expert-level language in the requirements section and are treated as hard gates. Statistical inference skills are also required but name no specific tool, so no skill entry is emitted for them.
A/B testing is listed as 'valued' (not required) and AI/ML measurement familiarity is explicitly called 'a strong plus' — both are preferred.
The job title carries no seniority level word; the title states no level. The 5–7 year requirement and scope (strategic partner to Director/VP+ leaders, setting org-wide measurement frameworks) support a Senior classification.
The posting mentions a hybrid in-office policy for those near a Chime office, but the caller has declared this a fully-remote role with a national candidate pool; remote is set accordingly and no metro is inferred.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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