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Four remote US data scientist reqs at $280K–$775K salary with no bonus.

$280k–$421k
base salary
82/100
Index score
US remote
Locations
Hiring
As of October 11, 2026

The Data Scientist 4 role

Netflix data scientists are embedded partners to product and business teams, centered on A/B testing and causal inference; model building sits in a separate ML Scientist track. Hiring is rolling, experienced-only and fully remote in the US, with salary-only pay.

Data & Insights holds 72 of 457 open reqs, with embedded Data Science & Engineering teams (Interactive Discovery, Messaging, Media Science, Experimentation Platform); postings use DS levels 4–6, and Analytics Engineer and ML Scientist are parallel titles.

Worth knowing: On September 24, 2026 Netflix posted Data Scientist 5 – Media Science ($372,000–$600,000) to hire the ‘founding data scientist’ for Netflix Animation Studios.

Netflix data scientist salary

$280k–$421k
Base salary
Not published
Total comp (est., with equity)

Base: Data Scientist 4 – Interactive Discovery, posted Sep 25, 2026, $280,000–$421,000; DS 5 posts $372,000–$600,000 and DS 6 $491,000–$775,000. Pay is salary only with no bonus, and staff choose how much to take as stock options. All-in: no figure — levels.fyi Netflix DS L4 has n=10 with two reports in the last 12 months.

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How Netflix scores

Compensation
10
Program maturity
7
Career capital
9
Momentum
6

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Netflix data scientist: common questions

Netflix’s posted base band is $280k–$421k. Base: Data Scientist 4 – Interactive Discovery, posted Sep 25, 2026, $280,000–$421,000; DS 5 posts $372,000–$600,000 and DS 6 $491,000–$775,000. Pay is salary only with no bonus, and staff choose how much to take as stock options. All-in: no figure — levels.fyi Netflix DS L4 has n=10 with two reports in the last 12 months.
As of October 11, 2026: Four US Data Scientist reqs as of Oct 11, 2026, all listed Remote, United States — DS 4 Interactive Discovery (Sep 25), DS 5 Messaging (Sep 18), DS 5 Media Science for Netflix Animation Studios (Sep 24) and DS 6 Experimentation Platform (Aug 26) — plus two in Amsterdam and Mexico City, counted by title after paging all 457 reqs in Netflix’s careers API; Analytics Engineer and ML Scientist are separate titles. Check the live careers page for current reqs.
Not typically. DS 4: 3+ years with strong experimentation and causal inference, SQL and Python, PhD or master’s preferred. DS 5: 5+ years (Messaging) or 8+ with an advanced degree (Media Science). DS 6: 8+ years plus an advanced degree. No entry-level DS req.
Some are. Remote — all four US DS reqs show ‘Remote, United States’ and work type Remote; 117 of Netflix’s 457 open reqs (26%) are remote, and no office days are stated.

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