Research Data Scientist

🏢 Swayable · 📍 NYC 💰 $125 - $165,000 / yr
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Position Summary & Responsibilities

About Swayable:

Swayable is a fast-growing AI and automated data science platform that measures public opinion and the impact of messages and advertising content on it. We are a 40-person team backed by top technology and social impact investors, including Y Combinator. Founded in 2018 by physics PhDs, it is led by the former Executive Director for Digital Strategy at the New York Times. Clients include major consumer-facing brands (American Express, Airbnb, Paramount Pictures), technology companies (Anthropic, Meta, Amazon), academic researchers (MIT, Yale, Stanford) and mission-aligned civic advocacy campaigns (e.g. on climate, human rights and elections).

Joining Swayable means being on a team whose work changes the course of history. The technology we develop is at the leading edge of transforming some of the world’s most important campaign organizations and enterprises: combatting disinformation, protecting democracy, and supporting the sustainable growth of consumer-facing brands. Check our our values & culture deck to learn more: https://tinyurl.com/4zjchwzs

About The Role:

This is a uniquely exciting opportunity to tackle critical unsolved problems in public opinion research and causal modeling. As a Research Data Scientist (reporting to the Director of Data Science), you’ll have the infrastructure and talent around you to turn results into new discoveries, prototypes and features that deliver insights to the world's most important organizations. 

What You’ll Do:

  • Conduct data science research to push our experimental methodologies to the bleeding edge of social science
  • Develop robust tools to uncover insights in experimental data 
  • Prototype data science improvements to core platform features
  • Communicate the results of data science investigations to both internal and 

Who You Are:

  • Fluency in the python data science stack
  • Expertise in statistical, analytical, and data science methods
  • Excellent communication and data visualization skills
  • Ability to work independently, prioritizing multiple important tasks/deadlines
  • A keen eye for the 20% of effort that delivers 80% of the results
  • Being a flexible team player whose values align with ours

Preferred Qualific

🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Swayable Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Assessing rigorous data science capabilities combined with an uncompromising commitment to truth and message testing accuracy.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):
  • 1. Sloppy statistical reasoning or hand-waving over experimental controls
  • 2. Treating political messaging as mere intuition rather than a science to be measured
  • 3. Inability to explain complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders clearly
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I specialize in turning messy, high-stakes public opinion data into pristine causal insights, and I'm eager to help Swayable scale its impact on truth in messaging.

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