Role Overview
Kikoff is hiring a Senior Data Scientist. This is a full-time role in San Francisco. Part of Kikoff's Security hiring, posted 2 weeks ago. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.
Salary Context
Salary is not disclosed in this posting. Market median for Senior-level Security roles is $150k-$200k (based on 135 comparable listings). Many employers share specifics during the interview process or after an initial screen.
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Job description
Kikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale
Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money.
We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.
Why Kikoff:
This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact.
About the Role
As a Senior Data Scientist at Kikoff, you work closely with cross functional teams incl. Product, Engineering, Design, Data Engineering, Marketing, Operation. By applying your technical skills, analytical mindset, and product intuition, you will help our customers improve their financial security. You will use data to identify and solve product development’s biggest challenges. Your responsibilities includes:
- Product leadership: use data to shape product development, identify new opportunities, set goals, quantify upcoming challenges, and ensure the products we build bring value to our customers.
- Measurement excellence: define what success means to our users and our business, build scalable framework to measure them.
- Technical ownership: develop hypotheses and employ a diverse toolkit of rigorous analytical approaches, causal inference / ML methodologies, and experimentation best practices to validate them.
- Communication and influence: convince and influence your partners by telling clear data stories.
Qualifications
- Bachelors’ or above in quantitative discipline: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- A minimum of 5 years of work experience in analytics
- Experience leading data science for an ambiguous and fast-changing product or technical area, working with senior partners in leadership, product, engineering
- Expert knowledge of SQL and experience with Python
- Deep understanding of statistical analysis, experimentation design, common ML and causal inference techniques
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A humble collaborative can-do attitude and bias to action
Nice to Have
- Enthusiasm and comfort with using AI in analytics or for fintech problems
- Experience with Machine Learning especially in a production environment
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
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About Kikoff
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How do I apply for the Senior Data Scientist position at Kikoff?
Use the Apply button above to submit your application directly to Kikoff. Most applications take less than 5 minutes if your resume and contact details are ready, and you'll be routed to the employer's official application system to finish.
Where is the Senior Data Scientist position at Kikoff located?
This position is based in San Francisco. Kikoff has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.
What does a Senior Data Scientist at Kikoff earn?
Kikoff has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.
When was the Senior Data Scientist role at Kikoff posted?
This role was posted on June 29, 2026 (17 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.
How much experience does the Senior Data Scientist role at Kikoff require?
This is a senior-level position. Most senior roles call for 5+ years of directly relevant experience. Kikoff lists their specific requirements in the description below, so review the must-have qualifications closely before applying.
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