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Data Scientist - Product Engineering at Koah Labs

Koah Labs No longer available $5+/hour

Job Description

Who We Are

Koah Labs is building the ad network to power the next generation of AI-native products. Our mission is to help publishers monetize and help advertisers reach the right audience - without compromising speed, UX, or privacy.

We're a small, tight-knit team in San Francisco with backgrounds at X, Apple, Meta, and early-stage startups. We've raised $5.7M from top investors and are growing fast with real traction on both the publisher and advertiser sides.

Working at Koah means joining at the ground floor: you'll ship code that shapes the company and the ecosystem we're building. We move quickly, operate with high trust, and care deeply about craft.

Our Stack
  • Infra: Terraform, AWS, LGTM (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir), Tailscale, Cloudflare

  • Data: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, Kafka, Python

  • Core Application: Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript

  • SDKs: iOS, Android, Web, Flutter, React Native

In this role, you will
  • Sit within product engineering and help drive product decisions using data and causal reasoning

  • Design, implement, execute experiments and analyze results

  • Help level-up all of engineering, encouraging data driven decisions and a deep understanding of the important metrics that drive our business forward

  • Use rigorous statistical thinking and hands-on modeling to turn our rich marketplace data into tools that directly shape product decisions and key insights

You might be a fit if
  • You have an advanced degree in Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field

  • You enjoy identifying and owning challenging problems, forming testable hypotheses, and conducting impactful research to drive significant business impact

  • You have a relentless focus on continuous learning and making an impact with an ability to question the status quo

  • You have strong mathematical and statistical modeling skills

  • You enjoy communicating conclusions to both technical and non-technical audiences alike

$10k is below typical pay for Data Scientists nationally

National salary averages
$10k
↓ 91% vs typical mid-level
Entry
Mid
Senior
This job
$64k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $194k

Top performers earn significantly more—skill and negotiation matter.

Senior roles pay 89% more than entry—experience is well rewarded.

You may have room to negotiate or find better offers elsewhere.

Strong candidate leverage

High demand and responsive wages. Negotiate confidently on all fronts.

Hiring leverage
Candidate-favored
Wage leverage
Moderate
Mobility
Good mobility

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: All experience levels

Where to negotiate

Base salary
Sign-on bonus
Title / level
Remote flexibility
Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

Use competing offers and timing to your advantage.

Does this path compound?

Job Growth →
High churn
Growth, flat pay
🚀 Compound
Growth + pay upside
⚠️ Plateau
Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
Growth + pay upside

Both the field and your earnings can grow significantly.

+34%
10yr growth
New positions are being created faster than they're being filled.
A bachelor's degree is typically expected.
Typical: Bachelor's degree

Good time to build expertise—demand will chase supply.

Labor data: BLS 2024