Data Scientist (Equity-Based)

We're looking for a passionate and skilled Data Scientist to join our founding team. This is a ground-floor opportunity to shape our data strategy, analytical frameworks, and company culture. As an early team member, you'll have significant input into key decisions and the chance to grow with the company.

Buddy Website: https://www.buddy.ninja/

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build end-to-end data pipelines for self-collected wearable biosensor data (IMU, GPS, microphone)
• Lead data collection, labeling strategy, and dataset curation for pet biomechanical behavior analysis
• Develop preprocessing workflows for raw, noisy, real-world sensor data (alignment, filtering, windowing, feature extraction)
• Build and evaluate classification models for pet movement, posture, and activity
• Analyze biomechanical motion patterns from wearable sensors to inform model design and feature selection
• Define ground-truth standards and assist with dataset quality audits
• Collaborate closely with the founding team on data strategy and product roadmap
• Help establish data science best practices and standards

Qualifications

• Experience working with time-series data from sensors or wearables
• Strong understanding of data preprocessing for motion or biomechanical data
• Experience designing or working with custom-labeled datasets
• Familiarity with activity recognition, gait analysis, motion classification, or similar domains (preferred)
• Ability to reason about sensor placement, noise, and data validity
• Strong Python skills for data pipelines and model experimentation
• Comfortable working in environments where data, labels, and models are built from scratch
• Experience working in fast-paced startup environments (preferred)
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to work independently

Work Arrangements

• Remote position with flexibility to work as a side commitment
• Weekly online meetings during weekdays (evening time)
• Occasional in-person weekend events & business trips
• Opportunity to grow with the company as we scale

What we offer

• Equity compensation (0.5-2%, commensurate with experience and role scope)
• Flexible work arrangements - option to work part-time until formal employment is established
• Opportunity to be part of a founding team with significant input into company direction
• Work directly with pet owners and build products that make a real difference in their lives
• Ground-floor opportunity in the rapidly growing pet tech market in APAC

Our Culture

We're building a company culture that values innovation, work-life balance, and passion for improving the lives of pets. We offer:

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• Recognition for contributions to our mission and values
• Opportunities to participate in animal welfare initiatives
• Regular feedback sessions where your ideas can shape our future