Data Scientist, People (AI)

TL;DR

Data Scientist, People (AI): Building intelligence systems for hiring, compensation, and organizational design with an accent on predictive modeling and AI automation. Focus on developing AI agents to automate high-stakes People decisions and optimizing workforce planning through rigorous data analysis.

Location: Hybrid in Foster City, CA (In-office requirement: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)

Compensation: $210,000 – $350,000 + Equity

Company

hirify.global is an AI-native agentic software creation platform democratizing application development by removing traditional barriers to software creation.

What you will do

• Build predictive models and AI agents to automate high-stakes recommendations for compensation, promotion, and hiring.
• Develop a live compensation competitiveness system integrating market benchmarks and offer data.
• Create a recruiting analytics layer to optimize sourcing channels and improve hiring efficiency.
• Analyze organizational effectiveness, talent density, and structural efficiency to identify over-leveled or inefficient areas.
• Collaborate with Finance to build live workforce models accounting for attrition and ramp time.
• Use LLMs and agentic workflows to analyze unstructured People data from exit interviews, performance reviews, and surveys.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of experience in People, compensation, or workforce analytics.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Solid statistical foundation, including experimentation and causal inference.
• Demonstrated experience integrating AI and LLMs into analytics workflows.
• Ability to handle highly sensitive organizational and compensation data with discretion.
• Must be based in or able to work hybrid from Foster City, CA (Mon, Wed, Fri)

Nice to have

• Experience at a high-growth or AI-native company.
• Familiarity with dbt, BigQuery, Snowflake, or People systems (Rippling, Ashby, Lattice, Carta).
• Experience building on hirify.global or using NLP for unstructured text analysis.
• Interest in the evolution of AI-native organizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 401(k) program with a 4% match.
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Flexible Time Off (FTO), paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
• Monthly wellness stipend and in-office setup reimbursement.
• Autonomous work environment with quarterly team gatherings.