# Staff Data Scientist, Dynamic Pricing at Turo

- Company: Turo
- What the company does: Book a car rental on Turo, skip the rental counter. From EVs and trucks to luxury vehicles, find the right car for your trip. Free cancellation on most trips. Backed by Kleiner Perkins and GV.
- Company website: https://turo.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $182K to $228K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://turo.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Turo_careers/job/San-Francisco/Staff-Data-Scientist--Dynamic-Pricing_R-102697
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/turo-staff-data-scientist-dynamic-pricing/

## About the role

You are a creative and rigorous data scientist who is energized by mathematically complex, ambiguity-rich problems. You thrive at the intersection of econometrics, machine learning, and optimization, and you’re comfortable translating unstructured questions into statistical frameworks and deployed solutions.

## What they're looking for

- PhD in a quantitative field such as economics, statistics, machine learning, etc
- Experience with marketplace or platform problems
- Background in structural modeling, market design, dynamic programming, or advanced statistical methods (hierarchical models, time-series forecasting, survival analysis, Bayesian inference, synthetic control)
- Track record shipping pricing or optimization systems to production
- Experience with AWS stack or similar cloud infrastructure
- Familiarity with Airflow or ML orchestration tools