fabric · 2 days ago
Senior Data Scientist, AI Search / AEO Research
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Levelfabric is building agentic commerce infrastructure to help merchants grow, sell, and operate in AI-powered shopping experiences. The Senior Data Scientist will lead research on AI Shopping, develop measurement and optimization models, publish findings, and work with customers to translate data into business insights.
E-CommerceRetailSaaSB2BB2CE-Commerce PlatformsRetail TechnologyWholesale
Responsibilities
You'll own the research that helps define our AI Shopping roadmap
That means helping shape how we **measure** a brand's AI Shopping capability and how we **optimize** for the best outcomes
You'll design the studies, build the models, publish the findings, and sit with customers to show them what the data means for their business
Qualification
Required
A demonstrated point of view on AI search (AEO/GEO). Whether you've worked hands-on with answer engine / generative engine optimization or studied AI search and digital markets rigorously, you can show what you've learned about how AI search actually behaves — from evidence, not just opinion
A rigorous quantitative foundation. Strong data science, statistical, and causal-inference / econometric skills, with fluency in Python, SQL, or similar. You can frame a question, design the analysis, build the model, and defend the methodology
Original research experience. You've run benchmarks, market studies, or performance studies — designing the question and the method, not just running standard reports
An SEO / search discovery background. You understand discovery from the inside and have grown into rigorous, data-driven measurement of it
Experimentation chops. You've designed and run A/B tests or similar to validate an idea and separate signal from noise
Storytelling with data. You can turn raw numbers into a clear narrative and a defensible point of view, and explain complex findings to non-technical audiences
Comfort with ambiguity. You can help build a measurement function from scratch, not just execute one someone else designed
Deep curiosity about commerce. Genuine interest in e-commerce, marketing, and analytics — you want to understand why shoppers and algorithms behave the way they do
Preferred
External recognition for your research — press, whitepapers, published benchmarks, or conference talks
Customer-facing or consulting experience — you're comfortable presenting findings and recommendations directly to customers
Familiarity with the AEO/GEO tooling landscape and how brands currently try to measure AI visibility
Experience at an e-commerce, martech, or search company or working closely with retail brands and their product data
An advanced degree or academic research background in economics, digital markets, computational social science, or a related quantitative field
Benefits
Remote-first and hybrid work arrangements, depending on role and location
Company
fabric
fabric offers a headless eCommerce platform that enables companies to grow their online presence via its API-driven modular system.
Founded in 2016
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
fabric 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
62%
Represents job field similar to this job
Engineering and Development
Marketing
Creatives and Design
Accounting and Finance
Management and Executive
Product Management
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2022 (16)
2021 (3)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$293.5MKey Investors
SoftBank Vision FundStripesNorwest
2022-02-24Series C· $140M
2021-07-20Series B· $100M
2021-02-09Series A· $43M
Leadership Team
Umer Sadiq
CTO @ fabric | Board @ Veeve | Advisor | Investor
Wesley Pua
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2026-01-03
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