# Founding Applied Data Scientist at Outtake

- Company: Outtake
- What the company does: Outtake is Next-Generation Digital Risk Protection. Agentic search across your full surface, workflows you control, intelligence that compounds with every takedown. Backed by CRV and ICONIQ.
- Company website: https://outtake.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York City
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-07-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/outtake/c94d3009-2503-4e5a-a0fc-a334260bfda3
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/outtake-founding-applied-data-scientist/

## About the role

This is a Founding Applied Data Scientist role. You will define how Outtake understands, measures, and improves the performance of our product, business, and AI systems, building the data foundation that turns messy product usage, customer outcomes, model behavior, and business operations into clear decisions and durable systems.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of combined experience as an Engineer, Analytics Engineer, Data Scientist, or closely related role
- Strong proficiency in SQL, ideally with production experience in Postgres and modern analytical modeling patterns
- Experience building reliable data pipelines, data models, semantic layers, or internal analytics infrastructure
- Experience defining product and business metrics from first principles, not just reporting on pre-existing dashboards
- Experience working with modern AI eval frameworks, model performance measurement, LLM observability, or similar systems
- Strong product judgment and the ability to turn ambiguous business or product questions into clear analytical approaches

Tags: Engineering