Staff Data Scientist, Monetization

About the role

Character.AI is building open‑ended interactions between people and intelligent agents and needs a senior data scientist to shape sustainable, user‑aligned monetization. You will partner with product, engineering, and growth teams to design, launch, and iterate on data‑driven subscription, advertising, and virtual‑currency experiences.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with product and engineering to drive data‑informed monetization across subscriptions, advertising, and virtual‑currency economies.
• Define success metrics, lead experimentation, and translate behavioral and economic data into actionable insights.
• Build data‑science foundations that support rapid product iteration and long‑term growth.
• Enable teams to design, launch, and iterate on user‑centric monetization experiences.
• Shape measurement, experimentation, and revenue‑growth strategies while preserving creativity.

Required profile

• 7+ years as a Data Scientist on consumer‑facing products, preferably chat, social, UGC, or entertainment platforms.
• Strong intuition for identifying key questions and delivering high‑impact insights quickly.
• Proven ability to turn analysis into product decisions and shipped outcomes.
• Comfortable working in fast‑moving, experimental environments with incomplete data.
• Experience building or scaling data‑science practices, including experimentation, metrics, and analytics tooling.
• Direct experience with monetization systems such as subscriptions, pricing, advertising marketplaces, or virtual‑currency economies.
• Background in consumer B2C products and/or B2B marketplaces.