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About the Role
Sela is seeking a Data Scientist to help build the top-performing AI sales agent in the world. This role involves analyzing call data, designing and running experiments, building personalization models, and partnering with engineering to create a robust experimentation framework. As the first data scientist, you will define data science practices and build a future team.
Responsibilities
- Analyze hundreds of millions of calls to understand what drives better sales outcomes.
- Design and run experiments across every part of the sales call.
- Build models that personalize and optimize calls for each lead.
- Turn large, complex datasets into recommendations that improve AI agents.
- Partner closely with engineering to build a robust, scalable, and future-proof experimentation framework.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, experimentation, or a closely related field.
- Strong statistical foundations and experience designing and analyzing experiments.
- Strong Python and SQL skills and the ability to work with very large datasets.
- Ability to take an ambiguous problem, figure out what to measure, and turn the results into actionable recommendations.
- Strong technical judgment and the ability to work closely with engineers on experimentation systems.
- High agency and the ability to operate without an established playbook.
- Experience designing experimentation or optimization systems at scale.
- Experience with causal inference, personalization, ranking, or recommendation systems.
- Experience working with LLMs, speech, or conversational data.
- Experience at a fast-growing startup or as an early data science hire.
Skills
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
- Experimentation
- Statistical Foundations
- Python
- SQL
- Causal Inference
- Personalization
- Ranking
- Recommendation Systems
- LLMs
- Speech Data
- Conversational Data
Location
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 4+ years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- $180k - $250k
Benefits
- Equity
- Top-of-market medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with a top-of-market employer match
- Unlimited PTO
- Snacks, weekly team lunches, and dinner
- Flexible remote day on Wednesdays
About the Company
- Sela is the market-leading AI voice agent for mortgage lenders, founded in 2024.
- The company has experienced rapid growth, reaching $13M in 20 months and securing 5 of the top 10 largest independent mortgage banks in the U.S. as customers.
- Sela has raised $21M in Seed and Series A funding from top investors.
- The company aims to make homeownership approximately 1% cheaper in the U.S. by disrupting the phone sales industry with AI.
- Sela is at the forefront of applying AI to create economic value in the consumer sales sector.
- The company's vision is to own the consumer relationship in the mortgage vertical and become the essential AI infrastructure for high consideration consumer sales.
- Sela offers a high-agency team environment with a high bar for performance and collaboration.
- The company values collaboration and intensity, with a focus on caring about work and coworkers, while maintaining a lighthearted approach.
- Sela is well-funded, having raised over $21M, including a $15M Series A in June 2026.