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Centerfield delivers outcome-based digital marketing solutions and personalized omnichannel experiences for the world’s leading brands. Powered by our proprietary Dugout platform, Centerfield acquires customers at scale for leading residential service, insurance, e-commerce, and B2B brands. Centerfield’s digital experiences and digital brands, such as Business.com and BroadbandNow.com, reach more than 150 million in-market shoppers annually. Centerfield is headquartered in Silicon Beach and is proud to be recognized by Built in LA as a Best Place to Work in Los Angeles.\nRole Overview...\nWe’re looking for a Data Scientist with 2+ years of experience to turn complex data into models, insights, and recommendations that improve business performance. You’ll tackle problems involving customer behavior, marketing effectiveness, sales conversion, and forecasting, partnering with business stakeholders, data engineers, and machine learning engineers.\nThis role combines a strong foundation in statistics and machine learning with the ability to apply AI and large language models (LLMs) to practical business problems.\nCore Responsibilities...\nPartner with marketing, sales, and operations teams to define business problems, establish success metrics, and identify opportunities to improve conversion, revenue, and efficiency.\n\nExplore and combine data from multiple sources using SQL and Python. Investigate data quality issues, develop features, and document assumptions.\n\nBuild and evaluate predictive models for use cases such as customer propensity, lifetime value, segmentation, and forecasting.\n\nApply statistical analysis and experimentation to understand performance drivers, measure impact, and communicate uncertainty and limitations.\n\nDevelop reusable analytical workflows and automate recurring analyses to support faster, more consistent decision-making.\n\nCollaborate with engineering teams to integrate models into business workflows and monitor their performance over time.\n\nApply AI and LLMs to use cases such as extracting insights from unstructured data and supporting analytical workflows. Evaluate output quality, reliability, cost, and appropriate handling of data.\n\nPresent findings to technical and nontechnical audiences, explain trade-offs, and recommend clear next steps.\n\nJob Responsibilities...\n2+ years of experience in data science or a closely related role applying statistical analysis and machine learning to business problems.\n\nStrong SQL skills and proficiency in Python for data preparation, analysis, modeling, and evaluation.\n\nA solid foundation in statistics and machine learning, including regression, classification, clustering, and hypothesis testing.\n\nExperience with feature engineering, model validation, and selecting appropriate evaluation metrics, including an understanding of overfitting and data leakage.\n\nAbility to work with AI and LLMs, demonstrated through professional, academic, or personal projects. Familiarity with prompting, working with model outputs, and evaluating their accuracy and reliability.\n\nAbility to translate ambiguous business questions into a structured analytical approach and actionable recommendations.\n\nAttention to data quality, reproducibility, and documentation, with familiarity using version control.\n\nStrong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.\n\nBonus Points...\nExperience with GCP, BigQuery, or comparable cloud data platforms.\n\nExperience in digital marketing, customer acquisition, sales, or customer analytics.\n\nExperience with forecasting, propensity modeling, customer lifetime value, or experiment design.\n\nFamiliarity with LLM APIs, embeddings, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or evaluating AI-powered applications.\n\nExperience partnering with engineering teams to deploy and monitor models.\n\nLife at Centerfield...\nThis is a hybrid position, and employees are expected to work in our Playa Vista, CA office every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday\n\nCompetitive salary + semi-annual bonus\n\nUnlimited PTO - take a break when you need it!\n\nIndustry-leading medical, dental, and vision plans + generous parental leave\n\n401(k) company match plan - fully vested on day 1\n\nOutside patio overlooking Playa Vista + cabanas, firepits & working grills\n\nMonthly happy hours, catered lunches + daily food trucks\n\nAward-winning culture & unprecedented team spirit (featured in LA Business Journal & Built In LA)\n\nFully stocked kitchens with snacks & drinks\n\nBreakroom supplied with games, couches, workout equipment + weekly in-office exercise classes hosted by professional instructors (yoga, kickboxing & circuit training)\n\nFree onsite gym + locker rooms\n\nPaid charity and volunteer days (local mentor programs, adopt a pet, beach cleanup, etc.)\n\nMonthly team outings (ball games, casino night, hikes, etc.)\n\nCareer growth - we enjoy promoting from within!\n\nAI & Interview Policy\nAt Centerfield, we use AI tools internally to support efficiency and fairness in our hiring process, including resume screening and administrative tasks.\nCandidates are welcome to use AI tools ethically to prepare for interviews, such as practicing responses or researching questions. However, all responses during the interview process should reflect your own knowledge, experience, and judgment.\nThe use of AI tools to generate responses during live interviews, technical assessments, or written submissions is not permitted unless explicitly stated otherwise.\nTo learn more, visit usHere.\nInterviews will take place after resumes have been screened for the minimum requirements. Please note that this position is not restricted solely to the responsibilities listed above and that the job scope and responsibilities are subject to change.\nFor more information about our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in connection with our evaluating your candidacy, please visit our Privacy Policy at https://www.centerfield.com/privacy-policy/.\nCenterfield Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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