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# Research Data Scientist at Swayable

- **Company:** Swayable
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-02-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/swayable/jobs/5056114007

## Job description

About Swayable:

Swayable is a fast-growing AI and automated data science platform that measures public opinion and the impact of messages and advertising content on it. We are a 40-person team backed by top technology and social impact investors, including Y Combinator. Founded in 2018 by physics PhDs, it is led by the former Executive Director for Digital Strategy at the New York Times. Clients include major consumer-facing brands (American Express, Airbnb, Paramount Pictures), technology companies (Anthropic, Meta, Amazon), academic researchers (MIT, Yale, Stanford) and mission-aligned civic advocacy campaigns (e.g. on climate, human rights and elections).

Joining Swayable means being on a team whose work changes the course of history. The technology we develop is at the leading edge of transforming some of the world’s most important campaign organizations and enterprises: combatting disinformation, protecting democracy, and supporting the sustainable growth of consumer-facing brands. Check our our values & culture deck to learn more: https://tinyurl.com/4zjchwzs

About The Role:

This is a uniquely exciting opportunity to tackle critical unsolved problems in public opinion research and causal modeling. As a Research Data Scientist (reporting to the Director of Data Science), you’ll have the infrastructure and talent around you to turn results into new discoveries, prototypes and features that deliver insights to the world's most important organizations.

What You’ll Do:

- Conduct data science research to push our experimental methodologies to the bleeding edge of social science
- Develop robust tools to uncover insights in experimental data
- Prototype data science improvements to core platform features
- Communicate the results of data science investigations to both internal and

Who You Are:

- Fluency in the python data science stack
- Expertise in statistical, analytical, and data science methods
- Excellent communication and data visualization skills
- Ability to work independently, prioritizing multiple important tasks/deadlines
- A keen eye for the 20% of effort that delivers 80% of the results
- Being a flexible team player whose values align with ours

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience writing and reviewing production-quality python code.
- Experience working in a fast-moving startup environment
- Experience interacting with MongoDB databases
- Bachelors/Masters/PhD in data science, statistics, physics, mathematics, bioinformatics, computer science, or a related quantitative field.

Benefits:

- 100% Medical, Dental & Vision Plans - no employee contribution required
- Generous PTO
- Equity Options
- 401k plan, FSA
- Ongoing professional development investments
- Salary: $125-$165k, dependent on experience and location

Swayable is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to promote an organizational environment that values diversity and fosters growth. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other basis prohibited by law. The team especially encourages applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.

## About Swayable

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Swayable provides a causal AI platform that measures how effectively media content changes opinions, using randomized controlled trials to prove advertising and messaging impact.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Public Benefit Corporation)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY, USA (with offices in San Francisco, CA, USA)
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: James Slezak (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Advertising Technology / Marketing Analytics / Causal AI for Campaigns
- **Target customers**: B2B — major brands, advertising agencies, foundations, and political campaigns
- **Mission**: To dramatically increase the impact of the stories clients tell on the world’s most important issues, operating as a public benefit corporation dedicated to effective truth-telling.

## Products & Services
- **Creative Pre-Testing Platform**: A cloud-based SaaS platform that runs automated experiments with real human respondents to measure the impact of video, image, and concept content on brand perception, purchase intent, and opinion.
- **Brand Tracking**: Tracks consumer opinion and brand equities over time with customized segmentation for granular audience insights.
- **Research Surveys**: Real-time pulse surveys on consumer sentiment and brand perception.
- **Message & Tagline Testing**: Tests language and messaging to find the strongest performing copy.
- **Campaign Comparison**: Enables side-by-side testing of creative routes to quickly identify winning content.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding not disclosed; Y Combinator Winter 2018 batch graduate; team size ~30 employees
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator (primary partner: Gustaf Alstromer); clients include New Balance and other major brands, agencies, and foundations
- **Growth Signals**: Currently hiring across multiple departments (data science, engineering, sales, product, client success); expanding enterprise sales with dedicated Sales Director roles; growing AI/ML engineering team

## Competitive Advantages
- **Causal AI methodology**: Uses rigorous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on tens of thousands of verified human respondents, providing stronger evidence than correlational methods.
- **Speed**: Delivers brand lift results in 24 hours.
- **Privacy-first design**: Exceeds GDPR and CCPA standards; built with informed user consent as a core feature.
- **Public Benefit Corporation status**: Mission-driven focus on combating disinformation, protecting democracy, and supporting sustainable brand growth.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling enterprise adoption of systematic creative testing across organizations.
- Deepening AI-native capabilities to model and understand audiences over time.
- Expanding partnerships with brands and agencies to integrate lift measurement into all stages of campaign development.
- Continuing to hire senior AI/ML talent to advance scientific computing and causal inference capabilities.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven**: Work on technology that changes opinions on the world’s most important issues; team’s work is described as "changing the course of history."
- **Culture**: Public Benefit Corporation and equal opportunity employer; actively encourages women and members of underrepresented groups to apply.
- **Remote/hybrid**: Offers remote (US-based) roles alongside offices in San Francisco, New York City, and Washington, DC.
- **Diverse team**: Proud of a diverse team doing cutting-edge work at the intersection of data science, engineering, and social impact.
- **Leadership**: CEO James Slezak brings a unique background — PhD in experimental physics from Cornell, former Executive Director of Digital Strategy at The New York Times, and experience at McKinsey and Purpose.com.

## Sources
1. [swayable.com](https://www.swayable.com/)
2. [swayable.com/about](https://www.swayable.com/about/)
3. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/swayable)
4. [ycombinator.com](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/swayable)

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