Staff Data Scientist

Staff Data Scientist, Pricing & Market ModelsCompensation: Early-stage compensation + meaningful upsideLocation: Chelsea, NYC — in-personComp - $230,000 - 275,000 base + Equity An early-stage, founder-led AI/data company building pricing infrastructure for the live events market.We’re partnered with a fast-growing company tackling one of the most dynamic marketplaces. Their platform uses real-time market signals, pricing models, and risk systems to decide what to buy, when, and at what price.This is closer to running a trading desk with code than building models in isolation. You’ll work directly with highly technical founders, sit close to the data and the economics, and build models that impact PnL every day.What You’ll DoOwn pricing and bidding models end to end across live event inventoryImprove and evolve a suite of existing models across sports and concert marketsBuild feature pipelines using signals such as game state, weather, team performance, market liquidity, and demand shiftsModel risk, exposure, and volatility across fast-moving live marketsHandle edge cases across different venues, leagues, playoff scenarios, and premium inventoryShip quickly, learn from real market outcomes, and iterate continuouslyWork directly with the founders on modeling strategy, market dynamics, and product directionWhat You’ll BringStrong Python skills and deep comfort working in PandasExperience with messy, real-world data rather than perfectly structured ML environmentsStrong intuition for probabilistic systems, pricing, markets, or riskAbility to move quickly in an early-stage, high-ownership environmentComfort working close to commercial outcomes and financial decision-makingBonus: interest in sports, concerts, ticketing, trading, or live event dynamicsWhy Join?The company is already seeing strong early traction following a major commercial integration and is aiming for significant scale. You’ll join early enough to shape the modeling culture, data systems, and core decision engine from the ground up.About People In AIPeople In AI partners with leading AI, ML, and data-driven companies to help them hire exceptional technical talent. We work closely with founders and leadership teams to connect candidates with high-impact opportunities across applied AI, infrastructure, research, and product engineering.