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Sr. Data Scientist, AdTech (U.S.)

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Aug 2024

About the role

Function: Engineering, R&D → Data Science / Machine Learning / Operations ResearchAbout PulsePoint:PulsePoint is a fast-growing healthcare technology company (with adtech roots) using real-time data to transform healthcare. We help brands and agencies interpret the hard-to-read signals across the health journey and unify these digital determinants of health with real-world data to produce the most dimensional view of the customer. Our award-winning advertising platforms use machine learning and programmatic automation to seamlessly activate this data, making marketing, predictive analytics, and decision support easy and instantaneous.Sr. Data ScientistThis is a visionary leadership role on our Data Science Engineering team, the Sr. Data Scientist will focus on optimizing real-time bidding strategies and auction mechanics to efficiently spend ad budgets and deliver against campaign targets. In addition to the above, you will work with the greater Data Science/Engineering teams on:

Improving existing solutions for page contextualization or developing new techniques;
Developing new or improving existing models of event predictions;
New feature engineering for multiple machine learning models:
Supply embeddings and/or segmentation, and supply quality metrics;
Fraud detection, etc.
Mining different data sources;
Supporting existing codebase for data integration and production support for our core models.

Location: U.S. or EU (for EU candidates, we would expect to end days at 2-3pm EST)Requirements:

5 years minimum of experience in data science
Willing and able to work East Coast U.S. hours (9am-6pm EST)

Key Skills: Python, Algorithms, Optimisation, NLP, Data Mining, Statistical Analysis, Neural Networks, Generalised Linear Regression, Multiclass Classification, Java, R

Advanced knowledge of Python using standard DS packages (numpy/pandas/scikit, etc.); Being able to optimize and speed-up code.
3+ years of RTB Auction or similar online technologies.

In addition to the above, you’ll need to have strong knowledge in the following areas:

Algorithms and Data Structures (e.g., sorting, search tree, binary heap, trie; time & mem complexities of algorithms)
Probability and Statistics (e.g., hypothesis testing; Markov process and its stationary distributions, stochastic matrix and its properties; Bayesian inference)
ML & DS (e.g., dimensionality reduction, geometry of PCA / SVD and of L1 / L2 regularisation, Decision trees and their ensembles, collaborative filtering, Thompson sampling / MCMC, Neural Networks, etc.)

What we’ll give to you:

Comprehensive healthcare with medical, dental, and vision options, and 100%-paid life & disability insurance
401(k) Match
Generous paid vacation and sick time
Paid parental leave & adoption assistance
Annual tuition assistance
Better Yourself Wellness program
Commuter benefits and commuting subsidy
Group volunteer opportunities and fun events
A referral bonus program -- we love hiring referrals here at PulsePoint

And there’s a lot more!Watch this video here to learn more about our culture and get a sense of what it’s like to work at PulsePoint!Selection Process:1) Initial Screening Call (30 mins)2) Technical Pre-Screening Call with Principal Data Scientist (60 mins)4) Team Interview (three 30-minute-long sessions + three 60-minute-long sessions) 5) WebMD/IB Sr. Tech Leader (30 mins)WebMD and its affiliates is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, medical condition, disability, veterans status, or any other basis protect