Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist

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Overview

At PredictHQ, we’re redefining how businesses forecast demand by eliminating blind spots caused by unforeseen, event-driven disruptions. As the leader in predictive demand intelligence, our AI-powered platform helps companies master predictability—empowering them to optimize inventory, staffing, pricing, and marketing by understanding not just what events are happening, but why they matter.

From concerts and sports games to unexpected weather events and airport disruptions, we track and forecast the impact of millions of real-world events across the world. Our platform leverages cutting‑edge machine learning to create high-quality, forecast‑grade data to deliver actionable insights via powerful APIs and an intuitive web app. The result? Businesses can anticipate demand spikes and dips with unmatched accuracy and agility.

Our dynamic models adapt to changing conditions in real time, allowing customers to make smarter, faster decisions. That’s why industry giants like Domino’s, Uber, Expedia, and IHG rely on PredictHQ to stay ahead of demand and turn unpredictability into opportunity.

Founded in 2016 and backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Aspect Ventures, PredictHQ has offices in Auckland and San Francisco.

Job Purpose

This role sits at the powerful intersection of data science innovation and real-world customer impact. As a Senior Data Scientist at PredictHQ, you’ll play a key role in helping our global enterprise customers and prospects integrate and optimise demand intelligence into their planning and forecasting workflows—demonstrating measurable improvements and clear business outcomes along the way.

It’s a unique opportunity to work hands‑on with some of the world’s most recognised brands, solving complex forecasting challenges alongside their data science teams. You’ll be a trusted advisor and technical partner, translating demand signals into action, while also shaping the improvement and refinement of our core data science products.

We’re looking for someone who’s not just technically excellent but genuinely interested in connecting with customers, understanding their forecasting challenges, and helping them drive better decisions.

Key Tasks and Expected Results

• Work directly with customer data science teams to evaluate and optimise forecasting models using PredictHQ’s features, demonstrating measurable improvements in accuracy and model performance.
• Help shape and evolve our core demand intelligence models and features—ensuring they stay accurate, scalable, and effective across industries.
• Support our Sales, Solutions Engineering, and Customer teams with technical insights, pilots, and clear analytical stories that highlight our impact.
• Contribute to team retrospectives, propose workflow improvements, and help raise the technical bar across the Project team.
• Stay up to date with the latest in forecasting, time series modelling, and applied machine learning, and apply relevant advancements to how we work and build.

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies