Senior Data Scientist (Part-time, Equity only)

Data Scientist - Kefilo

Position: Data Scientist
Company: Kefilo
Type: Equity-Based | Founding Team
Commitment: Part-time, 20-25 hours/week
Work Mode: Remote / Hybrid
Compensation: Equity-based; no fixed salary at the current stage

About Kefilo

Kefilo is building a human transformation ecosystem focused on functional nutrition, preventive wellness, gut health, fitness and lifestyle redesign.

We are building beyond a traditional food-delivery model, combining personalised nutrition, healthy food products, 90-day transformation programs, fitness, technology-enabled customer engagement and scalable food-production infrastructure.

We are looking for a Data Scientist to help build the data and intelligence layer of Kefilo, enabling personalised recommendations, customer insights, transformation tracking and data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Design data models and analytical frameworks for Kefilos nutrition, fitness, wellness and transformation data.

• Analyse customer data to identify patterns, behaviours, preferences, risks and opportunities for personalised interventions.

• Develop data-driven frameworks for personalised nutrition, fitness and lifestyle recommendations.

• Build models to measure and track customer transformation across nutrition, fitness, health, lifestyle and engagement parameters.

• Develop customer segmentation and profiling systems based on demographics, goals, dietary preferences, behaviour, engagement and transformation data.

• Build predictive models where appropriate for customer retention, engagement, subscription behaviour, meal preferences and transformation outcomes.

• Work with nutritionists, fitness experts, food scientists and wellness professionals to convert domain knowledge into structured data and analytical models.

• Design KPIs and metrics for measuring the effectiveness of Kefilos transformation programs and customer journeys.

• Build dashboards and analytical reports for founders and teams to monitor business, customer and operational performance.

• Support the development of data pipelines, data collection frameworks and structured datasets required for Kefilos digital products.

• Explore the use of AI/ML for personalised recommendations, customer engagement, forecasting and operational optimisation.

• Analyse food, recipe, nutrition and customer preference data to support product development and menu optimisation.

• Identify data-quality issues and establish processes for reliable, consistent and usable data.

• Work closely with the product and technology teams to integrate analytics and intelligence into Kefilos digital platform.

• Help build a scalable data and intelligence architecture that can support Kefilo as it expands its customer base, products and transformation ecosystem.

Ideal Candidate

• Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, AI/ML, Engineering or a related field.

• Strong understanding of statistics, data analysis and machine learning.

• Experience with Python, SQL, data visualisation and relevant data science tools.

• Experience building predictive models, recommendation systems or customer analytics is preferred.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Interest in healthcare, nutrition, fitness, wellness, food-tech or consumer technology is an advantage.

• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams and translate business/domain requirements into data solutions.

• Comfortable working in an early-stage startup with limited resources and high ownership.

• Entrepreneurial mindset and interest in building a long-term data-driven company.

Key Outcome

The primary objective of this role is to help Kefilo build a data-driven transformation and personalisation engine that can understand customers, measure their progress and continuously improve nutrition, fitness, engagement and business decisions through data.

What You Get

• Equity participation in Kefilo.

• Opportunity to become part of the founding team.

• Ownership and contribution to Kefilos data science and intelligence layer.

• Opportunity to work on real-world problems across nutrition, wellness, fitness, food-tech and consumer behaviour.

• Direct collaboration with founders, nutritionists, fitness experts, food scientists, product and technology teams.

• Opportunity to build data products and intelligence systems from an early stage.

Compensation

This is an equity-based founding team opportunity with no fixed salary at the current stage.

Equity will be structured based on expertise, contribution, responsibility and long-term commitment, subject to a formal agreement.

If you are primarily looking for a fixed-salary position, this opportunity may not be suitable at the current stage.