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Descript

Lead Data Scientist, Product

Remote (Anywhere in the World) · Remote · Anywhere Posted today $200,000 - $250,000/year

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  • No government sponsor record hereThis employer posted directly and does not match a government sponsor register.
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  • No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
  • What Descript paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Applied Research Scientist” (Data Scientists) in WA: $209k–$209k, median $209k.
  • Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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No salary bar for this route
H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
What Descript paid sponsored hires in similar roles
1 certified filing for “Applied Research Scientist” (Data Scientists) in WA: $209k–$209k, median $209k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).

US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).

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About the role

Headquarters: San Francisco, CA or Remote, US Our vision is to build the next generation platform to enable easy and fast creation of audio and video content powered by cutting-edge AI. Building a revolutionary way to record, transcribe, edit, and mix spoken audio and video comes with a series of unique challenges and requires solving hard and complex problems. As a lead product data scientist on the team, you will play a critical role in shaping our growth strategy, up-leveling our experimentation culture, and scaling our business. What You’ll Do • Conduct in-depth analysis to shape product PLG motion and B2B strategy. • Develop deep understanding of the product ecosystem and identify opportunities to drive activation, engagement, and monetization through actionable insights. • Leveraging AI tools to build and maintain self-service analytics enabling stakeholders to access reliable metrics, size opportunities, design experiments, and interpret results independently. • Improve execution rigor of product teams by owning success metrics and opportunity sizing. • Brain buddy with product and engineering teams for day-to-day experiment design, deployment, and analysis. Provide creative solutions for tricky experimentation scenarios. • Evolve experimentation culture and practices within the company. What You Bring • 5–8 years of experience in a Data Scientist or similar role. • 3+ years working in a growth function. • Strong business and product intuition to identify opportunities in the growth ecosystem. • Strong knowledge of statistical analysis and A/B tests. • Strong SQL skills and proficient in at least one programming language such as Python or R. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills. • Curiosity, savviness to navigate in a dynamic environment, and a growth mindset. • Having worked at a fast-growing start-up is a plus. The base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, level, and may vary from the amount above. About Descript Descript is building a simple, intuitive, fully-powered editing tool for video and audio — an editing tool built for the age of AI. We are a team of 150 and the backing of some of the world's greatest investors ( OpenAI , Andreessen Horowitz , Redpoint Ventures , Spark Capital ). Descript is the special company that's in possession of both product market fit and the raw materials (passionate user community, great product, large market) for growth, but is still early enough that each new employee has a measurable influence on the direction of the company. Benefits include a generous healthcare package, 401k matching program, catered lunches, and flexible vacation time. Our headquarters are located in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA. We're hiring for a mix of remote roles and hybrid roles. For those who are remote, we have a handful of opportunities throughout the year for in person collaboration. For our hybrid roles, we're flexible, and you're an adult—we don't expect or mandate that you're in the office every day. We do believe there are valuable and serendipitous moments of discovery and collaboration that come from working together in person. Descript is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe in actively building a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to better allow our employees, products, and community to thrive. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/descript-lead-data-scientist

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