Data Scientist Brag Document Example

Q1 2025


Built a predictive model to identify high-churn risk users

Date: January 22, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: Predictive Modeling, Retention, Machine Learning, Big

Metrics:

  • Model accuracy (AUC): 0.87
  • High-risk users identified: 3,200

Description:

Developed and deployed a churn prediction model using product usage, behavior patterns, and historical retention signals. Shared insights with Product and Growth to inform targeted interventions.

Cleaned and restructured event-tracking schema for better analysis

Date: February 14, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: Data Engineering, Tracking, Data Quality, Medium

Metrics:

  • Event accuracy improvement: 31%
  • Redundant events removed: 18

Description:

Audited the entire event taxonomy, fixed duplicate and mislabeled events, and partnered with engineering to standardize naming conventions.

Analyzed onboarding behavior to uncover activation predictors

Date: March 6, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: Behavioral Analysis, Insights, Product Analytics, Medium

Metrics:

  • Predictive signals identified: 4
  • Lift in activation after changes: 7%

Description:

Performed deep behavioral clustering to determine which early actions correlated most strongly with long-term engagement. Insights shaped Q2 UX improvements.

Q2 2025


Built and deployed recommendation engine for in-app feature suggestions

Date: April 18, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: Recommendations, Machine Learning, Personalization, Big

Metrics:

  • Increase in feature adoption: 14%
  • Engagement with recommendations: 22%

Description:

Used collaborative filtering and usage-based signals to suggest relevant features to users. Improved personalization across the product.

Developed forecasting models for ARR and product usage

Date: May 20, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: Forecasting, Time Series, Predictive Analytics, Medium

Metrics:

  • Forecast accuracy improvement: 16%
  • Models used by: 3 teams

Description:

Built time-series models that incorporated historical performance and seasonality. Provided visibility to Finance, Product, and Marketing.

Created a reusable experimentation analysis toolkit

Date: June 6, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: Experimentation, Statistics, Tooling, Small

Metrics:

  • Time saved per A/B analysis: 2 hours
  • Experiments supported: 9

Description:

Developed Python notebooks and SQL templates for analyzing lift, significance, power, and segmentation results. Improved pace and reliability of experiment insights.

Q3 2025


Built customer lifetime value (LTV) model for revenue forecasting

Date: July 15, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: LTV Modeling, Revenue Analytics, Machine Learning, Big

Metrics:

  • LTV prediction error: <12%
  • Used for pricing & retention planning: 100%

Description:

Created cohort-based and probabilistic models to estimate future value. Informed pricing discussions and strategic planning for Q4 and beyond.

Performed clustering to identify behavioral user segments

Date: August 21, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: Clustering, Segmentation, ML, Medium

Metrics:

  • Segments created: 6
  • Impacted personalization flows: 4

Description:

Used unsupervised learning to group users by feature usage, activation signals, and retention behavior. Shared personas with PMM, Product, and Growth.

Built anomaly detection system for product KPIs

Date: September 10, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: Monitoring, Automation, Machine Learning, Medium

Metrics:

  • Detection time reduction: 75%
  • False positives minimized to: <10%

Description:

Implemented anomaly detection using statistical and ML-based techniques to catch metric spikes and drops early.

Q4 2025


Developed ML-powered search ranking improvements

Date: October 16, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: Search, Ranking Models, Machine Learning, Big

Metrics:

  • Search relevance improvement: 19%
  • Successful search rate: +14%

Description:

Designed and tested ranking algorithms using click-through behavior, session patterns, and relevancy scores. Improved search experience significantly.

Optimized ETL pipelines for faster data processing

Date: November 14, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: ETL, Data Engineering, Optimization, Medium

Metrics:

  • Pipeline runtime reduction: 38%
  • Cost savings: 17%

Description:

Refactored transformations, improved indexing, added caching, and introduced monitoring to make pipelines more reliable and cost-efficient.

Created 2026 data science strategy and research roadmap

Date: December 5, 2025

Company: Offline

Tags: Strategy, Data Science Leadership, Roadmapping, Beyond

Metrics:

  • Initiatives planned: 12
  • Departments aligned: 7

Description:

Outlined priorities across modeling, data infrastructure, ML ops, experimentation, and analytics education. Established goals for improving prediction accuracy and data visibility.

Kudos


“Your churn model gave us clarity we never had before.”


From: Priya Shah — Director of Product
Date:
January 30, 2025
Impact:
Helped Product and CS take action on at-risk groups early.

“The recommendation engine changed how users discover new features.”


From: Hannah Cole — VP of Product
Date:
April 29, 2025
Impact:
Improved engagement and long-term retention metrics.

“Your LTV model reshaped our revenue planning for the better.”


From: Daniel Brooks — CEO
Date:
July 30, 2025
Impact:
Supported more accurate forecasting and strategic goal-setting.

“The pipeline optimization work saved us serious compute costs.”


From: Nick Ramirez — Senior Data Engineer
Date:
November 21, 2025
Impact:
Improved system performance and reduced monthly overhead.