Senior Data Scientist (AI Product Lab Media)

We’re now looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our data science focused team called AI Product Lab, Media. You will develop our products in an agile environment together with your peers, supporting teams, and occasionally also our end users – the largest online marketers globally. To get an idea of the kind of work our team is doing, see for example these blog posts: How We Productized Bayesian Revenue Estimation with Stan, Optimizing Conversions with Predictive Budget Allocation or Automated Statistical Significance Calculator for A/B Testing.

Learn more about working as a tech professional at Smartly.

As a Senior Data Scientist at Smartly, you will...

• Use your skills in machine learning, Bayesian modeling, or deep learning to continuously improve our customer experience by creating new ways to automate their work and optimize online marketing.
• Be the voice of the customer and work closely with your team of forward-thinking colleagues on finding and testing creative ways to solve our customers’ problems.
• Maximize your skills and improve your learning within our product, data science stack and delivery processes as well as ad tech and online advertising in general.
• Work together with your team to challenge and improve our existing processes, tools, technologies, and architectures.

We're definitely looking for you if you...

• Have a strong understanding of the statistics required for probabilistic (Bayesian) modeling and ideally also have professional experience
• Have a good understanding of machine learning theory as well as practical experience with applying it to solve real world business problems
• Have strong Python skills for developing backend systems and are able to contribute to machine learning production systems and services
• Have a pragmatic attitude with a collaboration spirit
• Have strong customer empathy
• Are willing to work from our Helsinki office twice a week

What we offer...

Our projects are a part of the DNA of our product, which means that every team will have some skin in the game. Your work will have a direct impact on our customers and our business. You will own your work, and we will support you in that ownership. We value work life balance and have a strong culture that we hope all of our Smartlies bring their own flavour to. As a company we provide a competitive salary, option package and a generous package of benefits.

What you can expect from our recruitment process...

1. First meeting: before diving deeper into your tech skills, we want to know who you are and what motivates you. This is also an opportunity for you to learn more about Smartly.io.
2. Manager interview: get to know your future manager and learn more about your future team, their ways of working, and what they are working on currently.
3. Technical interview: meet your new peers and showcase your knowledge and experience in statistics, machine learning, and probabilistic (Bayesian) modeling, and highlight any other relevant tech skills you have
4. Analytics exercise: showcase your coding and analytics skills in an interactive session on some real data and in your preferred language (R, Python, Jupyter Notebooks).

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Meet Smartly

Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers. Our comprehensive advertising platform seamlessly integrates the capabilities of media, creative, and intelligence to power more than 800 billion impressions and generate more than 300 billion creatives annually, delivering tangible business outcomes for brands and advertisers. We are the only company managing creative and media for 700+ brands worldwide and $5B in ad spend across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap, and TikTok. Our end-to-end technology, unmatched access to media platforms and exceptional customer service help Fortune 500 brands to reach and engage consumers and learn what performs best.

Visit Smartly.io to learn more.