Data Scientist, Marketplace Incentives is open at Build Ai in San Francisco. The posting gives a salary of $180K - $280K. Posted on Aug 30, 2026, and still on Build Ai’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
This role exists to hillclimb the dataset objective: the ideal dataset, the objective function, the taxonomy, and the value of incremental data. You take that objective and maximize it: incentives, marketplace design, and collection behavior so the next hour we collect actually moves the score. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Treat the Dataset & Quality objective / value function as the thing you optimize — not raw hours…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Build Ai’s careers page.
Hiring at Build Ai
Build Ai has 29 open roles right now. Most are in Engineering, Data & Research and Design. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $240K. See all its roles

