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Cloudflare Senior Data Scientist, Austin — GenAI-powered analytics on the Data Intelligence & Analytics platform

Cloudflare's Data Intelligence & Analytics org is hiring a Senior Data Scientist in Austin to build scalable AI/ML models and GenAI-powered application backends on top of the company's data lake, partnering with data and full-stack engineers across Python/React/TypeScript. With 5+ years of experience expected in a PB-scale, globally distributed environment, plus hiring/mentoring responsibilities, this interview will test both statistical/ML depth and the ability to operate as a technical leader who also codes.

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What this interview tests

  • Statistical/ML modeling tied to business outcomes
  • GenAI application backends: LLM frameworks, vector databases, agents
  • PB-scale data engineering: Python, Spark, SQL, BigQuery-class tools
  • Publishing models/insights at scale with engineering rigor
  • Cross-functional storytelling and executive presentation
  • Hiring and mentoring data scientists

Common question themes

Walk me through a data science project where your model directly drove revenue or customer growth

How would you design and productionize a GenAI-powered agent or chatbot backend at scale

Tell me about a time you found a statistically significant trend that changed a business decision

How do you apply software engineering best practices to publish model outputs reliably in production

How would you evaluate a candidate for this data science team, and what would you look for

Describe presenting a complex, ambiguous analysis to a non-technical executive

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