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# Director of Data Science at Brigit

- **Company:** Brigit
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $225k–$250k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/brigit/d81523c0-f4b2-468a-aecc-4f2642225c15/application

**Skills:** SQL, Python, dbt, Airflow, Spark, MLflow, Predictive modeling, Machine learning, Credit risk assessment, Churn prediction, Loss forecasting, Revenue forecasting

> Lead and grow the Data Science team at Brigit, focusing on scaling AI-assisted development and agentic workflows. Manage a team of data scientists, mentor members, and integrate with product and engineering teams to drive business impact through quantitative modeling and credit risk solutions.

## Job description

Hi, we're Brigit! A holistic financial health company helping everyday Americans build a brighter financial future. With a business model that is aligned with our customers, we create transparent, fair, and simple financial products that put money back in the hands of our members, help them spend wisely, avoid unfair fees and build their credit quickly. If autonomy, ownership, and having meaningful input at the company you work for is important to you, come join our growing team!

Brigit is doing innovative and exciting work, but don’t just take our word for it, our work is being recognized by others:

- Built In's 2026 Best Midsize Companies to Work For in New York City https://builtin.com/awards/new-york-city/2026/best-midsize-places-to-work#brigit
- Built In's 2025 Best Places to Work For In New York City https://builtin.com/awards/new-york-city/2025/best-places-to-work#brigit
- Built In’s 2024 & 2025 Best Startups to Work For In the U.S. https://builtin.com/awards/us/2025/best-startup-places-to-work#brigit
- Built In’s 2023 - 2025 Best Startups to Work For In New York City https://builtin.com/awards/new-york-city/2025/best-startup-places-to-work#brigit
- Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022 https://www.fastcompany.com/90724459/most-innovative-companies-personal-finance-2022
- Business Insider’s Most Promising Consumer Startups 2022 https://www.businessinsider.com/most-promising-consumer-tech-startups-of-2022-8#brigit-a-automated-money-lender-5
- Forbes Fintech 50 2022 https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabelcontreras/2022/06/07/the-future-of-personal-finance-fintech-50-2022/?sh=1fbbd36d5235

Role Overview:

At Brigit, our Data Science team has been dramatically scaling its impact. We’re aiming to integrate new models across several product domains over the next year and continue to iterate and optimize in the areas of credit risk and payments, where we already have models deployed. We are looking for a leader to enable continued adoption of AI-assisted development and agentic workflows in how the team builds, evaluates, documents, and ships data science work. Doing this will require our team to grow, but it will also require a more concerted effort to plan and integrate with product teams, understand their roadmap, and explore projects that make sense in this context. To support this growth, we’d like to hire a motivated Director of Data Science to grow and lead this team to its maximum potential.

What you'll be doing:

- Managing and growing a team of data scientists focused on modeling key business problems.
- Mentoring and guiding team members as they build out quantitative models in python using industry-standard techniques.
- Evangelizing the data science team’s capabilities and integrating with product, engineering and operations teams to build a roadmap and backlog of data science solutions with business impact.
- Running quarterly planning with the engagement of business stakeholders to ensure that the team is running in the right direction.
- Helping lead the team’s adoption of AI-assisted development and agentic workflows, including identifying practical use cases, setting working norms, and ensuring these tools are used with appropriate review, validation, privacy, and quality standards.
- Working closely with our Modeling Engineer to optimize and improve our infrastructure for model research, development and deployment.

What you have:

- 2+ years of Data Science management with a team of >3
- 5+ years of modeling/data science experience overall
- 2+ years of experience at a consumer product company
- Deep technical expertise in SQL and Python, with experience in analytics and machine learning tools (dbt, Airflow, Spark, MLflow, etc.)
- Experience applying predictive modeling to credit risk assessment, churn prediction, loss and revenue forecasting is beneficial.
- A Master’s or PhD in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, or Applied Mathematics) is strongly preferred
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to distill complex analysis into actionable insights for commercial and executive stakeholders
- A passion for developing talent and building a high-impact culture rooted in accountability, data-driven decisions, and business outcomes
- Hands-on familiarity with modern AI-assisted coding and agentic tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, or similar, with a strong point of view on how these tools can improve data science productivity, quality, and business impact.

The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $225,000 - $250,000, and a 10% annual bonus opportunity. This range does not include any other compensation components or other benefits for which an individual may be eligible (other benefits listed below). The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Our Benefits & Team

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO Policy
- 401k plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Physical and mental wellbeing benefits including Wellhub for access to virtual workouts and discounted gym memberships, and Headspace for covered virtual therapy sessions and unlimited on demand health support
- Monthly reimbursements to use against wifi and cell phone bills
- Annual reimbursement for Learning & Development
- Help hard working Americans build a brighter financial future
- High-growth company
- A dynamic, flexible and collaborative start-up work environment with a highly talented team

Brigit is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy (including breast feeding and related medical conditions), national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, age, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please email accommodations@hellobrigit.com.

Disclosures:

- For information on our data privacy policies, see the Brigit California Personnel Privacy Policy https://www.hellobrigit.com/careers/personnel-privacy-policy.
- Brigit uses E-Verify for employment authorization. See the E-Verify and Department of Justice websites for more details.

## About Brigit

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Brigit is a holistic financial health app that helps everyday Americans avoid overdrafts, build credit, save money, and access emergency cash advances.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture Capital-backed)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Zuben Mathews and Hamel Kothari

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Fintech / Consumer Financial Health
- **Target customers**: B2C; primarily everyday Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck who need help managing cash flow, avoiding bank fees, and building credit.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We define our success by yours. With transparent, fair, and simple tools, we help you avoid overdrafts, access cash when you need it, build credit, spend wisely, avoid unfair fees, and start saving more." [hellobrigit.com](https://www.hellobrigit.com/about)

## Products & Services
- **Instant Cash Advances**: Provides users with access to cash advances (up to $250) to cover expenses before payday, helping to avoid overdraft fees. No credit check required, no late fees.
- **Credit Builder**: A tool that helps users build their credit score through a savings-linked credit builder account. No approval, credit check, or upfront deposit required.
- **Credit & Identity Monitoring**: Offers full credit reports, credit monitoring, and up to $1 million in identity theft protection in case of a data breach.
- **Financial Insights & Budgeting**: Predicts upcoming low-balance events and alerts users so they can request an advance and avoid overdrafts. Provides tools for budgeting and spending insights.
- **Job & Savings Marketplace**: Connects users with jobs, side gigs, and exclusive savings on personal loans and car insurance directly within the app.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (Private company).
- **Key Metric**: Over 12 million users; 4.7+ star rating with 562k+ reviews on the App Store and Google Play. [hellobrigit.com](https://www.hellobrigit.com/)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly listed in the provided search results, but the team includes alumni from Amazon, Deutsche Bank, Palantir, and Two Sigma. [hellobrigit.com](https://www.hellobrigit.com/about)
- **Growth Signals**: Named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies (2022), Forbes Fintech 50 (2022), Business Insider’s Most Promising Consumer Startups (2022), and Built In's Best Startups to Work For in NYC (2023-2025) and Best Place to Work in NYC (2025). [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/brigit) The company has never conducted layoffs. [hellobrigit.com](https://www.hellobrigit.com/careers)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Aligned Business Model**: Brigit’s revenue is tied to member success (subscription-based), not hidden fees or predatory lending, creating a strong trust advantage.
- **No Layoff History**: In a volatile tech market, Brigit has never conducted layoffs, signaling strong financial discipline and a stable work environment. [hellobrigit.com](https://www.hellobrigit.com/careers)
- **High User Trust**: 4.7+ star rating with over 562,000 reviews, indicating strong product-market fit and user satisfaction. [hellobrigit.com](https://www.hellobrigit.com/)
- **Comprehensive Financial Toolkit**: Unlike single-purpose fintech apps, Brigit offers a full suite (cash advances, credit building, identity protection, budgeting, job marketplace) in one platform.

## Strategic Focus
- **Sustainable Growth**: The company emphasizes a business model aligned with customer success (subscription-based, no hidden fees) over predatory practices, focusing on long-term member retention and financial health outcomes.
- **Product Expansion**: Continues to add new features (e.g., job marketplace, savings marketplace) to become a one-stop financial health platform.
- **Stability & No Layoffs**: Explicitly prioritizes a stable, secure work environment, having never conducted layoffs even during broader tech industry downturns. [hellobrigit.com](https://www.hellobrigit.com/careers)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Stability**: Brigit has never conducted layoffs, offering a rare level of job security in the current tech climate. The company emphasizes a "secure environment where you can not only thrive but build a long-term career." [hellobrigit.com](https://www.hellobrigit.com/careers)
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Actively supports 5 Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): Pride, Women+, Thriving Minds (neurodiversity & mental health), Minorities & Underserved, and Families. [hellobrigit.com](https://www.hellobrigit.com/careers)
- **Work Policy**: Hybrid workspace based in New York, NY, with a second location in the USA. Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/brigit)
- **Perks & Benefits**: Top-quality medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401K with a wide range of plans; generous paid time off; paid parental leave; phone/wifi stipend; stocked kitchen and snacks; weekly team lunches. [hellobrigit.com](https://www.hellobrigit.com/careers)
- **Engineering Culture**: Tech stack includes TypeScript, React Native, Java, GraphQL, Kubernetes, TensorFlow, and more. The team includes alumni from Amazon, Deutsche Bank, Palantir, and Two Sigma. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/brigit)

## Sources
1. [hellobrigit.com - Careers](https://www.hellobrigit.com/careers)
2. [hellobrigit.com - About Us](https://www.hellobrigit.com/about)
3. [hellobrigit.com - Homepage](https://www.hellobrigit.com/)
4. [builtin.com - Brigit Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/brigit)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com - Brigit Jobs](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/brigit)

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