Staff Data Scientist, Optimization

What the index says about this role

• First seen by JobLarper — Sep 4, 2026, 43 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
• No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 97 indexed Data Scientist roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $194k and $308k, median $227k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Firestorm.
• What Data Scientist roles ask for — across 374 indexed openings: Python (76%), SQL (68%), ML (59%), AI/LLM (35%), REST/APIs (34%).
• Firestorm is hiring actively — 41 open roles indexed, 10 first appeared in the last 30 days.

Derived from the 28,483 roles JobLarper indexes daily from official company boards — not from the job description above.