Toast
We empower the restaurant community to delight guests, do what they love, and thrive.
Staff Data Scientist
Data ScientistData ScientistFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2013H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn
Location
United States
Posted
68 days ago
Salary
$143K - $229K / year
Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudDynamo DBPythonPy TorchScikit LearnSQLTensorflow
Job Description
• Lead the design and development of scalable ML systems for use cases such as menu recommendation, demand forecasting, offer targeting, and guest personalization.
• Own the full machine learning lifecycle—from problem framing and data exploration to modeling, deployment, and monitoring—for mission-critical initiatives.
• Design and implement advanced ML and statistical models that improve product performance, operational efficiency, or customer insights.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to define project scope, success metrics, and integration strategy.
• Guide architectural decisions, set modeling standards, and champion best practices for experimentation, validation, and productionization.
• Mentor other data scientists and raise the technical bar through design reviews, feedback, and sharing domain expertise.
• Proactively identify areas where data science can create business value and lead cross-functional efforts to drive those opportunities forward.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data science with a proven track record of delivering production ML systems that drive measurable impact.
- Deep focus on mentorship, having leveled up more junior data scientist
- You’ve been a technical leader for core data science at Toast
- Deep knowledge of statistical modeling, machine learning (e.g., tree-based models, time series, deep learning), and model evaluation.
- Experience working with real-world product data at scale and translating ambiguous problems into well-scoped ML solutions.
- Experience with distributed data processing and training, real-time inference, and ML Ops frameworks
- Prior experience mentoring other data scientists or acting as a tech lead.
- Experience leading experimentation (e.g., A/B testing), causal inference, and real-time decision systems.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL, and experience with ML frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow).
- Strong grasp of software engineering principles including modular design, version control, testing, and CI/CD.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS), including tools like SageMaker, Athena, Glue, DynamoDB, and Bedrock.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to align technical solutions with company goals.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits programs
- Health insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
- Paid time off
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