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Data Scientist - Product Engineering at Koah Labs
Job Description
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 StackInfra: 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
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 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
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.
Who this leverage applies to
Where to negotiate
Likely Possible Unlikely
Use competing offers and timing to your advantage.
Does this path compound?
Both the field and your earnings can grow significantly.
Good time to build expertise—demand will chase supply.