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Koah

Data Scientist

Reposted 8 Days Ago
Remote or Hybrid
Hiring Remotely in United States
180K-250K Annually
Entry level
Remote or Hybrid
Hiring Remotely in United States
180K-250K Annually
Entry level
Partner with product engineering to design and analyze experiments, apply causal reasoning and statistical modeling to marketplace data, and drive data-informed product decisions across the engineering org.
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Who We Are

Koah Labs is building the ad network to power the next generation of AI-native products. Our mission is to help publishers monetize and help advertisers reach the right audience — without compromising speed, UX, or privacy.

We’re a small, tight-knit team in San Francisco with backgrounds at X, Apple, Meta, and early-stage startups. We’ve raised from top investors and are growing fast with real traction on both the publisher and advertiser sides.

Working at Koah means joining at the ground floor: you’ll ship code that shapes the company and the ecosystem we’re building. We move quickly, operate with high trust, and care deeply about craft.

Our Stack

  • Infra: Terraform, AWS, LGTM (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir), Tailscale, Cloudflare

  • Data: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, Kafka, Python

  • Core Application: Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript

  • SDKs: iOS, Android, Web, Flutter, React Native

In this role, you will

  • Sit within product engineering and help drive product decisions using data and causal reasoning

  • Design, implement, execute experiments and analyze results

  • Help level-up all of engineering, encouraging data driven decisions and a deep understanding of the important metrics that drive our business forward

  • Use rigorous statistical thinking and hands-on modeling to turn our rich marketplace data into tools that directly shape product decisions and key insights

You might be a fit if

  • You have an advanced degree in Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field

  • You enjoy identifying and owning challenging problems, forming testable hypotheses, and conducting impactful research to drive significant business impact

  • You have a relentless focus on continuous learning and making an impact with an ability to question the status quo

  • You have strong mathematical and statistical modeling skills

  • You enjoy communicating conclusions to both technical and non-technical audiences alike

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With vibrant neighborhoods, great food and more affordable housing than either coast, Chicago might be the most liveable major tech hub. It is the birthplace of modern commodities and futures trading, a national hub for logistics and commerce, and home to the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association. This diverse blend of industry influences has helped Chicago emerge as a major player in verticals like fintech, biotechnology, legal tech, e-commerce and logistics technology. It’s also a major hiring center for tech companies on both coasts.

Key Facts About Chicago Tech

  • Number of Tech Workers: 245,800; 5.2% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
  • Major Tech Employers: McDonald’s, John Deere, Boeing, Morningstar
  • Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, biotechnology, fintech, software, logistics technology
  • Funding Landscape: $2.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
  • Notable Investors: Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Arch Venture Partners, MATH Venture Partners, Jump Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners
  • Research Centers and Universities: Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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