# Staff Data Scientist, Monetization at Character.AI

- Company: Character.AI
- What the company does: Backed by Lightspeed and a16z.
- Company website: https://character.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Redwood City, CA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $250K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-04-30
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/character/df95a7a5-87ca-4f51-85fd-4bb595a47a55
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/character-ai-staff-data-scientist-monetization/

## About the role

Character.AI is building the future of open-ended interactions between people and intelligent agents. As our platform scales, so does the opportunity to build sustainable, user-aligned monetization through subscriptions, advertising, and virtual currency economies.

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years of experience as a Data Scientist working on consumer-facing products, ideally in chat, social, UGC, or entertainment platforms
- Strong intuition for identifying the right questions and quickly driving to high-impact insights
- Proven ability to turn analysis into product decisions and shipped outcomes
- Comfortable working in fast-moving, experimental environments with incomplete data
- Experience building or scaling data science practices, including experimentation, metrics, and analytics tooling
- Subscriptions and pricing

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