Staff Data Scientist, People Analytics & Insights

Robinhood

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Menlo Park, CAChicago, ILNew York, NY
Salary
$217,000–$255,000 / yr
Posted
99 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 87% of similar roles. Most pay $142,762–$214,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $236k versus about $179k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Robinhood

Robinhood is a financial technology company offering commission-free stock, ETF, options, and cryptocurrency trading through its mobile app, aimed at democratizing access to financial markets. Industry: Financial Technology & Investment App

Robinhood currently has 46 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $196,000–$230,000 across 46 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Data Scientist, People Analytics & Insights

The Staff Data Scientist (People Analytics & Insights) joins the Talent Management & Analytics team to build data solutions that help the company recruit talent, design team structures, and provide organizational insights. You will serve as a technical and strategic anchor, owning the vision and delivery of high-impact data products for executives and managers. Key responsibilities include architecting a unified workforce data model, defining a metrics dictionary, driving data governance, and redesigning employee sentiment architecture. You will use Python, SQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, and dbt to integrate language models into pipelines for automated text processing. The role requires applying experimental design, A/B testing, and psychometric methodologies to solve critical talent problems, such as understanding what enables exceptional talent to thrive and accelerating long-term retention.

What does a Data Scientist earn in California?

Median $214500 from 114 postings across 26 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build predictive frameworks to forecast workforce trends and future organizational needs.
  • Architect a unified workforce data model by pipelining data from disparate recruiting and performance systems.
  • Use AI-native workflows to parse and summarize unstructured text like exit notes and survey feedback.
  • Define and standardize the company-wide metrics dictionary and semantic layers for consistent reporting.
  • Build frameworks for role-based access controls and data masking to protect sensitive personnel information.
  • Redesign employee sentiment architecture to create a continuous, real-time organizational health listening framework.
  • Act as the technical product owner for internal data interfaces and collaborate with Enterprise Engineering on delivery.
  • Apply experimental design, A/B testing, and psychometric methodologies to ensure all workforce models are statistically valid.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of data science experience.
  • Advanced skills in Python and SQL.
  • Direct experience with modern data infrastructure like Snowflake, BigQuery, or dbt.
  • Experience defining user requirements and taking internal data tools from conception to launch.
  • Deep understanding of statistics, experimental design, and psychometrics or survey methodology.
  • Direct experience integrating language models into data pipelines to automate text processing and summarization at scale.

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