Data Scientist

StackAdapt; City Of London; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the UK is seeking a skilled Data Scientist to enhance their team. This role involves innovating machine learning algorithms aimed at maximizing advertising performance and ROI. Candidates should have a Masters degree or PhD in a relevant field, strong statistical knowledge, and proficiency in coding. StackAdapt fosters a supportive and diverse work environment with competitive benefits.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Retirement/401K/Pension Savings globally

Competitive Paid time off including birthdays off

Access to mental health care platform

Health benefits from day one

Work from home reimbursements

Global WeWork membership option

Robust training and onboarding

Support for personal development initiatives

Access to programmatic courses and certifications

Parental leave program

Friendly and supportive culture

Qualifications

• Ability to break down ambiguously defined tasks into actionable steps.
• Comprehensive understanding of statistics, optimization, and machine learning.
• Enjoy working in a friendly, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Innovate ML algorithms to maximize ROI and advertising performance.
• Write production code and collaborate with Data Engineers.
• Prototype algorithms and pipelines, testing them with historical data.

Skills

Machine learning

Statistics

Optimization

Coding proficiency

Data structures

Education

Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, or related field

Job description

StackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI-powered StackAdapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey. The most forward-thinking marketers choose StackAdapt to orchestrate high-impact campaigns across programmatic advertising and marketing channels.

We are searching for a talented Data Scientist to join our engineering team as we continue to expand our data science efforts. Our platform is connected to thousands of publishers and advertisers worldwide and as a result, we\'re dealing with millions of requests each second, making billions of decisions. We utilize the latest technologies to solve challenges in traffic, data storage, machine learning, and scalability.

Want to learn more about our Data Science Team: https://alldus.com/ie/blog/podcasts/aiinaction-ned-dimitrov-stackadapt/

Learn more about our team culture here: https://www.stackadapt.com/careers/data-science

Watch our talk at Amazon Tech Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRqu-a4gPuU

StackAdapt is a Remote First company, and we are open to candidates located anywhere in the United Kingdom for this position.

What you'll be doing:

• Innovate ML algorithms to maximize ROI and advertising performance. This ranges from creating entirely new algorithms, to improvements on state-of-the art methods, to development using a deep understanding of classic methods
• Write production code, sometimes collaborating with Data Engineers, to implement the novel ML algorithms
• Prototype potential algorithms and pipelines, test them using historical data, and iterate to modify based on insights

What you'll bring to the table:

• Have a Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, or a related field, with dual degrees a plus.
• Have the ability to take an ambiguously defined task, and break it down into actionable steps
• Have a comprehensive understanding of statistics, optimization and machine learning
• Are proficient in coding, data structures, and algorithms
• Enjoy working in a friendly, collaborative environment with others

StackAdapt\'s Enjoy:

• Highly competitive salary
• Retirement/ 401K/ Pension Savings globally
• Competitive Paid time off packages including birthday\'s off!
• Access to a comprehensive mental health care platform
• Health benefits from day one of employment
• Work from home reimbursements
• Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office and hubs in London and Toronto
• Robust training and onboarding program
• Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books etc)
• Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
• An awesome parental leave program
• A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
• Our social and team events!

StackAdapt is a diverse and inclusive team of collaborative, hardworking individuals trying to make a dent in the universe. No matter who you are, where you are from, who you love, follow in faith, disability (or superpower) status, ethnicity, or the gender you identify with (if you\'re comfortable, let us know your pronouns), you are welcome at StackAdapt. If you have any requests or requirements to support you throughout any part of the interview process, please let our Talent team know.

About StackAdapt

We\'ve been recognized for our diverse and supportive workplace, high performing campaigns, award-winning customer service, and innovation. We\'ve been awarded:

• Ad Age Best Places to Work 2024
• G2 Top Software and Top Marketing and Advertising Product for 2024
• Campaign\'s Best Places to Work 2023 for the UK
• 2024 Best Workplaces for Women and in Canada by Great Place to Work
• #1 DSP on G2 and leader in a number of categories including Cross-Channel Advertising
• #LI-REMOTE