Hetian Bai
Senior Data Scientist
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHetian Bai is a Senior Data Scientist based in New York with 8 years of experience applying causal inference, experimentation, and production ML to drive user growth and retention across consumer products. He has led data science efforts at Pinterest and Warner Bros. Discovery—building lifecycle models, uplift/causal systems, and long-term LTV measurement frameworks—and now focuses on Web3 product analytics at Coinbase. Trained with an MS in Data Science from NYU, he blends strong statistical rigor with engineering discipline to productionize models and self-service measurement tools. Hetian’s work spans recommendation systems, engagement forecasting, and targeted retention orchestration, often collaborating closely with product, UX, and marketing teams to translate insights into strategy. Notably, he has experience designing end-to-end pipelines and A/B testing infrastructures that emphasize long-horizon impact rather than short-term metrics. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic scientist who pairs deep technical methods with a product-minded focus on measurable business outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at New York UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Statistics at The Ohio State University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (15)
capstone8
translation6
turkish5
mixture5
datasets4
spark3
science3
big-data2
data-science2
pandas2
machine-learning2
machine-learning-algorithms2
python2
hadoop2
time-series1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
NYU-CDS-Capstone-Project/Plated_Recipe_Tags_Predict
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
Capstone project--collaborated with Plated.com
Contributions:69 commits, 6 PRs, 24 pushes in 2 months
capstone
wangjy38/1007_Yelp_Project
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes in 2 days
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