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Founding Data Scientist

Embedding VC
Posted 3 months ago, valid for 14 days
Location

New York, New York 10008, NY

Salary

$150,000 - $180,000 per year

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • FLORA is seeking a Founding Data Scientist to establish its data function, working closely with the CTO and Head of Product.
  • Candidates should have a proven ability to work autonomously, deep SQL fluency, and experience building data infrastructure.
  • The role requires strong product instincts and the ability to operate in a hypergrowth environment.
  • Exceptional candidates may have TypeScript skills, experience with PostHog, and familiarity with unstructured data.
  • The position offers a competitive salary, meaningful equity, and additional benefits, with a preference for candidates with at least 5 years of relevant experience.

About FLORA

We build creative tools for the new creative class—an intelligent canvas where the best AI models enable professional craft. We're a team of ~20 who recently closed our Series A, backed by investors like Hanabi Capital, Menlo Ventures, Justin Kan, and Gabe Whaley (founder of MSCHF). Our customers include Pentagram, Lionsgate, and Nike.

We're looking for a Founding Data Scientist who will build FLORA's data function from the ground up.

As part of the founding team, you will work closely with the CTO and Head of Product to define what data means at this company—how we capture it, store it, analyze it, and turn it into decisions. You'll stand up our warehousing and pipelines, define the metrics that matter (activation moments, power users, generation quality), and build dashboards and analysis workflows.

You'll also work with our Intelligence team (led by a veteran from Scale AI) on the data layer around AI generations. We integrate 200+ models and believe deeply understanding generation patterns will establish FLORA as the creative industry's authority on AI.

We're looking for people who have

  • Proven ability to work autonomously—you'll be the first data hire and we're counting on your expertise

  • Deep SQL fluency and strong fundamentals in at least one modern data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, ClickHouse, etc.)

  • Experience building data infrastructure, not just querying it—you've set up pipelines, defined schemas, made tooling decisions

  • Strong product instincts—you know what to measure, what's vanity, and how to frame findings for stakeholders

  • Comfort operating in hypergrowth—you can build fast and while also building for scale

  • The ambition to see this as a path to leading a data team

Exceptionally strong candidates might also have

  • TypeScript chops—we're full-stack TS and you'll collaborate closely with engineers

  • Sophisticated PostHog experience (cohorts, funnels, feature flags, warehouse sync)

  • Experience with creative tools or AI-native products

  • Familiarity with unstructured data—LLM outputs, prompt patterns, generation analytics

  • A background building evaluation frameworks for AI/ML systems

Working at FLORA

Office policy

We work in-person at the Domino Refinery building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn—with views of the East River.

Compensation and benefits

Competitive salary and meaningful equity. We also offer an Equinox membership and comprehensive health and dental coverage.




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