Data Scientist - Production Engineering

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>ABOUT CORDIAL</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We founded Cordial in 2014 on the belief that there should be more humanity and empathy in marketing—both in how brands communicate with their customers and in how technology companies work with brands. We built our company and platform purposefully, driven by a desire to inspire more thoughtful communication and to create experiences that feel more personal and human—for consumers, for the people at the companies we work with, and for Cordial employees. Today, brands like PacSun, Revolve, Abercrombie & Fitch, Realtor.com, L.L. Bean and Forbes rely on Cordial to drive revenue growth by sending a better message.</span></p> <div data-slate-fragment="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"> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We chose the name Cordial to symbolize how we empower our clients to communicate with their customers, as well as how we do business: with transparency, collaboration, and trust. We're building a passionate team of individuals willing to learn, grow, and be thoughtfully challenged on a daily basis to continuously improve our product, company, and culture every single day.</span></p> </div> <p><strong>OUR VALUES</strong></p> <ul> <li>Communicate better than the rest</li> <li>Own it, every time</li> <li>Solve client problems tenaciously </li> <li>Make Waves</li> </ul></div><h3>Role Overview</h3> <p>We are looking to add a <strong>Data Scientist – Production Engineering</strong> to our data science team. This role focuses on <strong>operationalizing, optimizing, and scaling data science models and systems</strong> that are already in production or transitioning into production.</p> <p>Our data science work extends beyond traditional machine learning and includes <strong>statistical models, optimization logic, heuristics, rules-based systems, ML and LLM models</strong>, all operating on large, real-world datasets. This role is designed to strengthen the implementation and performance side of our data science stack while working closely with data scientists, engineering and product teams. This role requires someone who can <strong>ramp up quickly</strong>, work independently, and contribute meaningfully without extensive onboarding.</p> <h3>Key Responsibilities</h3> <ul> <li>Optimize existing data science models and systems for <strong>performance, scalability, and reliability</strong></li> <li>Translate research-grade or prototype data science code into <strong>production-ready implementations</strong></li> <li>Work with large datasets and improve efficiency related to memory usage, runtime, and compute cost</li> <li>Contribute to and maintain <strong>production data pipelines and workflows.</strong></li> <li>Collaborate closely with other data scientists to preserve <strong>model intent, correctness, and assumptions</strong> while improving implementation quality</li> <li>Debug and resolve issues in production or near-production data science workflows</li> <li>Improve robustness, monitoring, and maintainability of…