# Founding Data Lead at Pocket

- Company: Pocket (YC W26)
- What the company does: Take Notes in the Real World. Backed by Accel and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://heypocket.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US / Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $150K to $180K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-25
- Apply by: 2026-10-09
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pocket/jobs/SDAImQ9-founding-data-lead
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pocket-founding-data-lead/

## About the role

The owner of Pocket’s data foundation and decision-making systems end to end . You make our data reliable, accessible, and actionable across product, growth, marketing, sales, finance, and operations .

## What they're looking for

- Experience working in a high-growth startup or technology company
- Experience analyzing customer cohorts at the scale of hundreds of thousands of users , ideally while the company was growing toward millions
- Advanced SQL skills and strong working knowledge of Python
- Hands-on experience with modern data warehouses, transformation tools such as dbt, BI platforms, and product analytics tools
- Experience building reliable data pipelines and models —not only analyzing existing datasets
- Strong understanding of cohort analysis, retention, funnels, segmentation, experimentation, CAC, LTV, and attribution

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