Data Scientist
Analyzes data and builds statistical and ML models to answer business questions.
Also seen as: Applied Data Scientist, Product Data Scientist
Market status: established · Last updated Sep 29, 2026 · Source: public employer job postings tracked by AI Career Observatory
What does a Data Scientist do?
Data Scientists turn data into decisions: exploratory analysis, experimentation, statistical modeling, forecasting and increasingly working with LLM-based analysis tools. In AI companies the role often focuses on evaluation analytics, product metrics and experimentation.
Job titles we classify into this role
Real, current titles from tracked postings — role names vary by employer; this is what a Data Scientist actually looks like in the market right now.
- PhD Intern, Data Science (2027) Figma
- Data Science Intern (2027) Figma
- Senior Data Scientist, Growth Glean
- Senior Data Scientist, Growth Glean
- Director, Data Science Figma
- Data Scientist Asana
- Data Scientist, Finance Figma
- Data Scientist, Safeguards Anthropic
Title variants normalized into this role: Applied Data Scientist · Product Data Scientist — plus employer-specific patterns matched with evidence. See classification methodology.
Skills employers ask for
Share of tracked Data Scientist postings mentioning each skill (n = 19).
Current Data Scientist jobs
View all 19 →Data Science Intern (2027)
Senior Data Scientist, Growth
Senior Data Scientist, Growth
Director, Data Science
Data Scientist
Data Scientist, Finance
Data Scientist, Safeguards
Companies hiring Data Scientists
Salary
Not enough disclosed salary data yet for a reliable statistic.
We currently track 0 disclosed ranges for this role. We do not manufacture estimates from titles. See raw disclosures →