Intuit
Staff Data Scientist, Platform Performance
Intuit, San Diego, California, United States, 92189
Staff Data Scientist, Platform Performance
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Staff Data Scientist to join our Platform Analytics team at Intuit. This role will serve as a thought leader and strategic partner to product, platform, and engineering leadership, driving unified measurement frameworks and ensuring analytics excellence across global teams.
Responsibilities
Partner with product, platform, and engineering leaders to align analytics and observability priorities with platform goals, enabling data‑driven decisions on investments and improvements.
Define, instrument, and govern key platform KPIs that measure reliability, scalability, and business impact.
Build SLA‑bound dashboards, lead KPI reviews, and implement proactive alerting to ensure platform resilience and transparency.
Champion platform performance insights across analytics teams (e.g., Segment, Product Analytics), ensuring consistent visibility and alignment on key metrics and outcomes.
Collaborate with analytics partners to define and track success metrics for Generative AI and agentic workflows, focusing on quality, trust, and customer value.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identify opportunities for optimization, and recommend data‑backed experiments to enhance platform performance.
Uphold best practices in data quality, governance, and sustainable observability infrastructure.
Qualifications
Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
7+ years of combined academic and industry experience applying scientific methods to large‑scale data problems.
Proven expertise in statistical analysis, experimentation design, and causal inference techniques.
Strong programming skills in Python or R, with proficiency in SQL (Hive/Presto/BigQuery preferred).
Experience building unified KPI frameworks, measurement pipelines, or analytics governance structures at scale.
Experience providing technical oversight to global analytics or data science teams.
Hands‑on experience designing evaluation and measurement frameworks for Generative AI and agentic workflows, including conversational AI, AI assistants, and autonomous task orchestration.
Strong business acumen and ability to translate ambiguous questions into clear analytical frameworks, success metrics, and actionable insights.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with senior leadership and cross‑functional partners.
Track record of embedding analytics into product and platform decisions that drive measurable business impact.
Compensation and Benefits Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay-for-performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs. Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location.
Seniority Level Mid ‑ Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Software Development
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Responsibilities
Partner with product, platform, and engineering leaders to align analytics and observability priorities with platform goals, enabling data‑driven decisions on investments and improvements.
Define, instrument, and govern key platform KPIs that measure reliability, scalability, and business impact.
Build SLA‑bound dashboards, lead KPI reviews, and implement proactive alerting to ensure platform resilience and transparency.
Champion platform performance insights across analytics teams (e.g., Segment, Product Analytics), ensuring consistent visibility and alignment on key metrics and outcomes.
Collaborate with analytics partners to define and track success metrics for Generative AI and agentic workflows, focusing on quality, trust, and customer value.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identify opportunities for optimization, and recommend data‑backed experiments to enhance platform performance.
Uphold best practices in data quality, governance, and sustainable observability infrastructure.
Qualifications
Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
7+ years of combined academic and industry experience applying scientific methods to large‑scale data problems.
Proven expertise in statistical analysis, experimentation design, and causal inference techniques.
Strong programming skills in Python or R, with proficiency in SQL (Hive/Presto/BigQuery preferred).
Experience building unified KPI frameworks, measurement pipelines, or analytics governance structures at scale.
Experience providing technical oversight to global analytics or data science teams.
Hands‑on experience designing evaluation and measurement frameworks for Generative AI and agentic workflows, including conversational AI, AI assistants, and autonomous task orchestration.
Strong business acumen and ability to translate ambiguous questions into clear analytical frameworks, success metrics, and actionable insights.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with senior leadership and cross‑functional partners.
Track record of embedding analytics into product and platform decisions that drive measurable business impact.
Compensation and Benefits Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay-for-performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs. Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location.
Seniority Level Mid ‑ Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Software Development
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Get notified about new Data Scientist jobs in
San Diego, CA .
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