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# Join our Talent Network! at Applied Curiosity - Drive Insights and Decision Making

- **Company:** Applied Curiosity - Drive Insights and Decision Making
- **Location:** Remote
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-06-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/applied-curiosity---drive-insights-and-decision-making/am9icG9zdDr7qB2wHYGQKq3yVViyCYOY

## Job description

Join Our Talent Network

We'll pay you to argue about whether correlation implies causation.

Applied Curiosity is a fast-growing data and AI consulting firm based in Austin, TX, with team members spread across the US. We work with government clients on interesting, impactful problems, and we have the good fortune to use modern tech to do it. Our mission is simple: help organizations build responsible, data-informed decision cultures.

We're not always hiring, but we're always wanting to meet people who live, breathe, and love data. Apply to hear when we have openings and get on our radar before we post anything.

Who We're Looking For

Data Engineering

When someone asks "does this data look weird?", do you see opportunity? If you've survived the land of "it's just a simple data request" and come out wanting more, you might be our kind of people. Everyone here speaks SQL and Spark (the data scientists still complain), and we take pride in turning "can you just pull this real quick" into something that actually holds up. Lost your cape? We'll provide one.

Data Science

Do you have the patience to explain why a 10-year forecast built on two years of data might not go well? Do you love cleaning data that looks like it was assembled by caffeinated wombats? Our team thrives on incomplete data, murky assumptions, and the eternal work of helping clients understand the difference between statistical significance and practical significance. We build models that are actually useful — imagine that.

Data Platform

Have (or had) a 127.0.0.1 t-shirt? Do you have a ready answer for every "can I just get root access to production this once?" request? We'd like to meet you. If building zero trust data platforms gets you more excited than the Hamburglar in a burger factory, and you have Zen-like calm when someone says "it works on my machine" — you'll fit right in.

Still deciding if your interested in joining the team? A SQL query walks into a bar, sees two tables, and asks: "May I join you?" If you laughed, that's a good sign.

## About Applied Curiosity - Drive Insights and Decision Making

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Applied Curiosity is a fast-growing data and AI consulting firm based in Austin, TX, that helps government and enterprise clients build responsible, data-informed decision cultures through practical AI/ML solutions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Sid Atkinson (Co-Founder & CEO), Lee Harper (Co-Founder & President/Chief AI Officer)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: IT Services and IT Consulting, Data & AI Consulting
- **Target customers**: B2B, government clients, and organizations ranging from Fortune 50 companies to statewide transformations
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Empower Responsible and Informed Decision Cultures"

## Products & Services
- **Data Engineering**: SQL and Spark-based data pipelines, data quality investigations, and turning "can you just pull this data real quick" into production-grade solutions.
- **Data Science**: Forecasting, fraud detection, predictive maintenance, and building practical models that clarify statistical vs. practical significance.
- **Data Platform**: Zero-trust data platforms, cloud infrastructure on AWS and Databricks, and MLOps at enterprise scale.
- **AI/ML & GenAI Solutions**: Deploying real AI systems—from new GenAI capabilities to rescuing data governance efforts—with a focus on impactful, measurable outcomes.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding: Not disclosed; Headcount: 12 employees (+25% YoY)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: AWS Partner, Databricks Partner; clients include Fortune 50 organizations and statewide government transformations
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 25% YoY; LinkedIn followers grew 33% yearly; actively recruiting for Data Engineering, Data Science, and Data Platform roles; expanding talent network across the US.

## Competitive Advantages
- Focus on responsible, informed decision cultures rather than AI hype
- Deep expertise in AWS and Databricks with a modern tech stack (SQL, Spark, Python, MLOps)
- Leadership with PhDs from Oxford and Carnegie Mellon, plus multiple worldwide partner awards in data
- Proven track record of state-wide data transformations, enterprise-scale ML Ops, and dozens of deployed AI/ML systems
- Lean and Agile practitioner culture that emphasizes practical, impactful outcomes

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling delivery of "real AI"—practical, impactful AI/ML systems for government and enterprise clients
- Building out a "virtual data office" offering, from CDO and Chief Data Scientist to data operations
- Expanding GenAI capabilities and data governance services
- Growing the team across the US while maintaining a hybrid, Austin-rooted culture

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Everyone here speaks SQL and Spark," coffee lovers, and a team that celebrates curiosity and problem-solving ("lost your cape? We'll provide one")
- **Hybrid workspace**: Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work (Built In)
- **Location**: Team members located throughout the US, with headquarters in Austin, TX
- **Impactful work**: Government clients, modern tech, and real-world AI deployments
- **Talent network**: Always open to meeting data lovers even when not actively hiring; roles planned in Data Engineering, Data Science, and Data Platform
- **Note**: Candidates must have the right to work in the USA without requiring current or future sponsorship

## Sources
1. [appliedcuriosity.ai](https://www.appliedcuriosity.ai/careers)
2. [appliedcuriosity.ai](https://appliedcuriosity.ai/who-we-are/)
3. [gem.com](https://jobs.gem.com/applied-curiosity---drive-insights-and-decision-making/am9icG9zdDr7qB2wHYGQKq3yVViyCYOY)
4. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/applied-curiosity-ai)
5. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/applied-curiosity-inc)

## Other roles at Applied Curiosity - Drive Insights and Decision Making

- [Data Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/data-engineer-applied-curiosity-drive-insights-and-decision-making-austin-0ar3swjfz2yt) — Austin, TX
- [Join our Talent Network!](https://feeny.ai/job/join-our-talent-network-granum-united-states-canada-h507qdj79d41) — United States / Canada