Every developer has a tab open on Stack Overflow.
We are one of the most popular websites in the world - a community-based space focused on increasing productivity, decreasing cycle times, accelerating time to market, and protecting institutional knowledge.
Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We embrace collaboration, transparency, and believe in leading with empathy; creating an environment where every Stacker knows they belong. We embrace that the unique contributions and points of view of all Stackers contribute to our success.
We are a Best Company to Work For, in addition to being recognized for Best Company Leadership, Best Company Happiness, Best Company Perks and Benefits, Best Company Work-Life Balance, Best Company Compensation, and Best Company Outlook.
We are a remote-first company with Hiring HUBs based in the US, Canada, UK, and Germany.
Our Data Science team uses data, machine learning, and large language models to power smarter products and more intuitive knowledge discovery. We’re looking for a Staff Data Scientist who’s excited about leading ambitious, high-impact work, partnering closely with product and engineering teams, and helping define the future of knowledge discovery in the AI era.
In this role, you’ll lead data science initiatives that span multiple product teams across Stack Overflow and Stack Internal, moving across teams as the work requires. You’ll stay hands-on with the hardest technical questions, guide work across the full data science lifecycle, and help teams make better product, technical, and business decisions with data.
Stack Overflow has shaped how developers learn and solve problems for over eighteen years. That foundation of trusted, human-verified knowledge is now central to how enterprises are building their AI capabilities. This role puts you at the center of that transformation, helping customers connect their internal knowledge to the AI tools their teams use every day. Professional Services is a core part of how we deliver on that mission. For the right leader, this is a career-defining opportunity to build something meaningful at a company developers actually care about.
What you’ll get in return:
Stack Overflow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We value diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging and these pillars are at the heart of how we work together here at Stack. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
For individuals based in California, and other locations where required, we will consider employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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The Staff Data Scientist position at Stackexchange is based in US - Remote; Anywhere - Remote. This is a remote position.
The Staff Data Scientist position at Stackexchange is a Full time role.
The Staff Data Scientist position at Stackexchange requires 7+ yrs exp.
Key skills for the Staff Data Scientist position at Stackexchange include: machine learning, large language models.
