Lead Data Scientist, Core, Level 6
Snap
San Francisco, CA · $229k–$343k a year · Posted November 2, 2026
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Where San Francisco, CA ranks
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for security jobs316 openings · of 20
- #1Best cities for technology jobs7,178 openings · of 100
- #1Best cities for financial services pay after cost of living$173k · of 33
- #1Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills35% · of 100
- #1Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the West Coast35% · of 54
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the West Coast902 jobs · of 47
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $286,000 a year. Across 51 open lead data scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $150,500 to $190,000 and the median is $172,500. That is 66% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among data scientists, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for data scientists: 46% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Snap has filed one layoff notice in the last twelve months, covering 95 workers, most recently April 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
About the job
...in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.The Data Science and Insights team seeks to leverage our massive data sets... ..., faster insights from data.We’re looking for a Lead Data Scientist to join Snap Inc.What you’ll doAct as the organization subject...