Staffing & Archetype
Preset Archetype
Operating Topology
Federated Platform Enablement
Central data platform empowers embedded DS in product squads.
Direct Embedded Pods
DS distributed 1:1 into squads; limited platform leverage.
Centralized CoE
Pooled consulting desk; intake queue & tickets for analytics.
Software Engineers (SWE)
120
Product, frontend, backend & infra engineers
Data Scientists (DS)
6
Statisticians, ML researchers, causal inference
Data Engineers (DE)
18
Platform infra, feature stores, data pipelines
Squad Split Count
12
Product focus areas / functional pods
Interactive Org Topology Network
Data Scientists
Data Engineers
Engineering Pods
Central Platform
Topology: Federated Platform. Drag nodes to reposition. Hover for coverage.
Leverage Mechanism: 1 DS enables multiple SWE squads through standardized tooling & self-serve experimentation.
Leverage & Velocity Diagnostics
SWE to DS Ratio
20.0:1
High leverage
DE to DS Multiplier
3.0:1
Robust foundation
Quarterly A/B Tests
48
Parallel runs
Pipeline Friction Risk
Low
Healthy
Why this ratio works
With 18 Data Engineers building automated pipelines and experimentation guardrails, 6 Data Scientists can easily design hypotheses, metrics, and models across 120 Software Engineers without getting bogged down in SQL ETL.