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Senior Data Scientist, AI Products

Dropbox

CAonsite$174k-$235k/yrPosted Apr 9, 2026

At a glance

Highlights

  • Ground-floor AI mission
  • Shape product roadmap
  • Partner with senior leadership
  • Scale new AI business
  • Drive AI/ML impact

Why this role might suit you

The position lets a data scientist join a newly formed AI division at a leading cloud company, influence core product strategy, and deliver measurable impact through advanced analytics and machine learning, while collaborating with top-tier product and engineering teams.

Skills

sqlpythonstatistical-analysisexperiment-designregressiondecision-treesmachine-learning

About the role

Role Description

How many times do you get the opportunity to be on the ground floor of a big and important mission? What if you could be one of the top contributors defining the mission, guiding our teams, and influencing the direction of Dropbox’s AI-first journey? As a Senior Data Scientist for this new division, you will get to do exactly that. You will join a team of top-tier data scientists and become an integral part of the product organization, helping to scale this new business.

Joining on the ground floor of this startup team, you’ll partner directly with Data Science, Product, Engineering and Design leadership to shape the product roadmap, foster a top-tier, data-informed culture, and drive real AI/ML impact and execution along the way!

Responsibilities

Partner with Product Engineers and Data Engineers to build the reliable, efficient, and scalable data foundations, tools, and processes to drive our AI/ML capabilities’ long-term growth

Leverage data-driven insights to proactively identify most impactful opportunities, and directly influence product roadmaps and strategies for Dash Chat and Search

Perform exploratory and deep-dive analysis to understand user workflows and engagement patterns on AI features, propose hypothesis, and design & execute experiments with great rigor and efficient data techniques

Translate complex data insights into implications and recommendations for the business via excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Identify what matters most and prioritize ruthlessly for the area you will own

Contribute to a culture of strong technical ownership, partner with DS leadership to keep evolving DS working model and elevate DS impact

Work with cross-functional teams (including Product, Engineering, Design, User Research, and senior executives) to rapidly execute and iterate

Requirements

Bachelors’ or above in quantitative discipline: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

7+ years experience of leveraging data-driven analysis to influence product roadmap and business decision, preferably in a tech company

Proven track record of being able to work independently, driver measurable business impact, and proactively engage with business stakeholders with minimal direction

Proficiency in SQL, Python or other programming/scripting languages

Deep understanding of statistical analysis, experimentation design, and common analytical techniques like regression, decision trees

Ability to provide data insights and recommendations for 0→1 product even when sample size is small

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in startups or building 0→1 products

Expertise in using data to inform AI/ML product development

Background in SaaS product

Compensation

US Zone 1

This role is not available in Zone 1

US Zone 2

$173,700—$234,900 USD

US Zone 3

$154,400—$208,800 USD

Compensation

This Data Scientist role pays $174k-$235k/yr. Within typical range for data scientist roles in Canada.

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