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Staff Data Scientist
Toast
Remote · United States$11,083–22,667 gross/mofull-timeAI model trainingToast Careers
As a Staff Data Scientist, you’ll lead the design and development of scalable ML systems for use cases such as menu recommendation, demand forecasting, offer targeting, and guest personalization. You will serve as a technical thought partner across teams, set best practices, and influence the roadmap for ML-driven products that support key business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Own the full machine learning lifecycle—from problem framing and data exploration to modeling, deployment, and monitoring—for mission-critical initiatives.
- Design and implement advanced ML and statistical models that improve product performance, operational efficiency, or customer insights.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to define project scope, success metrics, and integration strategy.
- Guide architectural decisions, set modeling standards, and champion best practices for experimentation, validation, and productionization.
- Mentor other data scientists and raise the technical bar through design reviews, feedback, and sharing domain expertise.
- Proactively identify areas where data science can create business value and lead cross-functional efforts to drive those opportunities forward.
- Leverage cutting edge AI tools to enhance your development workflow, improve velocity, and help pioneer new approaches to building - contributing to a culture of innovation and productivity across the team.
- What you'll need to thrive (Requirements)
- 7+ years of experience in data science with a proven track record of delivering production ML systems that drive measurable impact.
- Deep knowledge of statistical modeling, machine learning (e.g., tree-based models, time series, deep learning), and model evaluation.
Languages
- Work format
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Posted
- 8 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- In the last 5 days
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