Character.AI · 10 months ago
Staff Data Scientist, Trust & Safety
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $300K/yr
7+ years expCharacter.AI is building the future of open-ended interactions between people and intelligent agents, and they are seeking a talented Data Scientist to shape the user experience of their AI entertainment products. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to design user-centered solutions, focusing on safety metrics and online harms derived from user-centric data.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologySoftwareChatbotGenerative AIMobile Apps
Responsibilities
Support our Safety team across a number of product areas
Focus on our two-side ecosystem of Creators and Users that together create the Characters and experiences that power the platform
Qualification
Required
Have 7+ years of experience at data science leadership at chat, social media, or UGC product companies
Have 2+ years of experience as a data scientist supporting the trust & safety function
Have a strong intuition for choosing the right questions to ask and quickly driving to key insights
Excel at turning findings into actionable next steps and working with engineering to execute
Enjoy leaning into high velocity experimentation
Are capable of standing up Character.AI's data science efforts, including the tools and systems that you will need to work effectively as we scale
Preferred
Ecosystems data science or B2C/C2C marketplace experience
Company
Character.AI
Character.ai provides open-ended conversational applications in which users create characters and converse with them.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Character.AI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
92%
Represents job field similar to this job
Engineering and Development
Management and Executive
Product Management
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2026 (5)
2025 (9)
2024 (16)
2023 (6)
2022 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$150.08MKey Investors
Andreessen Horowitz
2023-03-23Series A· $150M
2023-01-24Seed· $0.08M
Leadership Team
Karandeep Anand
CEO
David Brinker
Senior Vice President, Partnerships
Recent News
2026-08-06
2026-07-30
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