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Hightouch · 3 days ago

Forward Deployed Data Scientist

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityMid Level
money$140K/yr - $220K/yr

Hightouch is a modern AI platform for marketing and growth teams, seeking a Forward Deployed Data Scientist to partner with AI Decisioning customers and internal engineering teams. The role involves diagnosing model behavior, tuning machine learning levers, and analyzing data to ensure effective AI-driven marketing campaigns.

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Responsibilities

Own diagnostics, insights, and tuning for AI Decisioning campaigns
Explain why AI Decisioning is driving lift using counterfactuals, incrementality breakdowns, and cohort analysis
Debug performance issues, iterate on reward functions, and ensure the agent’s recommendations align with customer goals
Investigate experiment setups (send volumes, reachability, channel constraints) and surface actionable recommendations
Pull down historical data to run exploratory analyses using Polars / Pandas in Jupyter notebooks
Modify and improve customer feature matrices to unlock deep personalization
Conduct deeper warehouse-level SQL analyses when insights aren’t available in the UI
Create templates, notebooks, scripts, and repeatable workflows that improve how we analyze performance across customers
Identify systemic gaps and influence the direction of ML reporting and introspection
Present model insights and recommendations to marketers, analysts, and executives
Explain how the decision engine handles cold start, message transfer learning, exploration vs. exploitation, and more
Partner closely with Solutions Consultants to identify and drive new opportunities for uplift

Qualification

Exploratory data analysisPython (Polars/Pandas)SQL analysisML modeling conceptsCommunication skillsScripting solutionsMarketing experimentsCustomer-first attitudeProblem-solvingTeam collaboration

Required

Strong ability to perform deep exploratory data analysis in Python (Polars / Pandas, Jupyter notebooks)
Ability to write and interpret SQL for customer warehouse analysis
High-level understanding of ML modeling concepts (features, hyperparameters, reward functions, training windows)
Excellent communication skills; able to explain technical reasoning simply and confidently to marketers
A customer-first attitude with high ownership and urgency when resolving issues

Preferred

Experience setting up and analyzing marketing experiments such as A/B, multivariate tests
Prior experience in an applied ML, data science, analytics engineering, or forward-deployed role
Experience building lightweight internal tools or scripting solutions

Company

Hightouch

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Hightouch is a data platform that helps sync customers data from the data warehouse to CRM, marketing, and support tools.
dateFounded in 2018
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.hightouch.com

H1B Sponsorship

Hightouch 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)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2022 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$182.2M
Key Investors
Sapphire VenturesBain Capital VenturesICONIQ Growth
2025-07-29Series C· $10M
2025-02-18Series C· $80M
2023-07-19Series B· $38M

Leadership Team

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Kashish Gupta
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
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Tejas Manohar
Cofounder and Co-CEO
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