Careers at the Planet group

Data Scientist

Cupertino, CA 95014

Posted: 02/05/2026 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Data Sciences Job Number: 643332 Is job remote?: Yes

Job Description


Data Scientist
Location: 
Remote, but must be local to CUPERTINO, CA or CULVER CITY, CA
Schedule: 40 hours
Duration: 12 months
Pay: $73-$75/hr, DOE

The Planet Group is looking for a Data Scientist to join our well-known Fortune 500 client on a 12-month contract, working remotely, but must be local to Cupertino, CA or Culver City, CA. 

Data Scientist Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Must have a deep understanding of statistics, machine learning techniques, NLP and familiarity with digital marketing data.
  • Strong foundation in probability and statistics.
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python or R to work with large data sets.
  • Knowledge around supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms (regression, classification, clustering, decision trees, neural networks, etc).
  • Hands-on experience leveraging LLMs to solve business problems, such as classification, data analysis, and data labeling.
  • Understands digital marke6ng data and KPIs - Social, SEO, Paid Media, etc.
  • Looking for someone with 3-5 years of experience manipulating data sets and using statistical /ML models to extract insights and visualize them for stakeholders.

Data Scientist Description:
  • Build and maintain machine learning models to forecast and optimize campaign performance, identify trends and key drivers.
  • Produce performance benchmarks across various digital marketing channels by evaluating both internal and competitor performance.
  • Improve existing LLM classifica6on workflow by fine-tuning prompts, QA data quality and implement human-in-the-loop review.
  • Maintain data analytics dashboards in Tableau, Power BI, or similar BI platforms.
  • Assess business needs to translate model outputs into tangible and actionable findings and reports for both marketing and product.
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