Head of Data & ML
Core
Own the entire data function, including event discovery systems, experimentation, measurement, and the data platform for a 1M MAU marketplace.
Role type
Head of Data & ML (Leadership)
Builds
Event discovery and search systems, experimentation infrastructure, data platform, and AI-native tools.
Domain
Consumer marketplace / Social networking
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Team leadership, causal inference, recommendation/ranking systems, data infrastructure, AI/ML readiness, semantic layer design, technical roadmap planning, model evaluation, experiment design.
Preferred skills
Semantic layer production experience, AI evaluation frameworks, entrepreneurial spirit, founding team experience.
Technologies
SQL, A/B testing, feature pipelines, observability, text-to-SQL, MCP, agentic analytics.
Responsibilities
Lead a multi-disciplinary team of 8 data scientists and engineers; translate product vision into technical roadmaps; build ranking and recommendation algorithms; raise rigor in experiment design and causal inference; scale data infrastructure for AI/ML; build AI-native tools like text-to-SQL.
Seniority
Senior, leadership
