Analytics Data Scientist — Big-Scale Ad Tech Insights

Applovin Corp.; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity eligible

Unlimited Discretionary Time Off

10 paid holidays per year

80 hours paid sick leave

Job summary

AppLovin is looking for a Data Scientist – Analytics to bridge engineering and business, working with petabyte-scale datasets and high-velocity streams from tens of millions of users. You’ll build analytics pipelines, dashboards, and KPIs while collaborating with researchers, engineers, and product teams.

You’ll design experiments, evaluate models for stability and health, and translate business questions into actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, CS, Math, Economics, Engineering, or other quantitative discipline.
• Basic understanding of core statistical concepts and introductory modeling techniques.
• 0–3 years of experience in data analytics or data science (internships or projects count).
• Proficiency with SQL and at least one analytical programming language (Python preferred).
• Ability to work with large datasets and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Ability to translate business questions into analytical frameworks and communicate insights effectively.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain dashboards, monitoring systems, and automated reporting to track product, business, and model performance.
• Develop scalable analytics pipelines to surface key metrics, detect anomalies, and support timely issue diagnosis.
• Define and refine KPIs, using structured, hypothesis-driven analysis to understand performance changes and long-term trends.
• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, diagnose performance changes, and uncover growth opportunities.
• Conduct exploratory analysis, root-cause investigations, and hypothesis-driven deep dives.
• Support engineering and research science teams in evaluating model performance, including stability, calibration, and long-term health.
• Assist in designing A/B tests, computing key metrics, and interpreting results.
• Apply basic statistical reasoning to support decision-making.
• Partner with engineering to integrate new data sources, refine data structures, and enable scalable analytics.
• Work with product and business teams to translate analytical needs into solutions.

Skills

SQL

Python

Statistics

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Master's degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Superset

Metabase

Airflow

Job description

AppLovin makes technologies that help businesses of every size connect to their ideal customers. The company provides end-to-end advertising solutions for businesses to reach, monetize and grow their global audiences. For more information about AppLovin, visit: www.applovin.com .

To deliver on this mission, our global team is composed of team members with life experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives that mirror our developers and customers around the world. At AppLovin, we are intentional about the team and culture we are building, seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others.

We are seeking aData Scientist – Analytics to join our team and help bridge the gap between engineering and business functions at AppLovin. In this role, you will work with petabyte-scale datasets across our ad and app ecosystem, analyzing high-velocity data streams generated by tens of millions of daily active users. You will support the development of analytics tools, monitoring systems, and reporting pipelines that improve visibility into product health, business performance, and model outcomes. You’ll partner closely with research scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to uncover insights, diagnose issues, and identify opportunities for growth.

This role is ideal for someone early in their data science career who enjoys solving ambiguous problems, has foundational statistical and modeling knowledge, and is excited to build impactful tools used across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Analytics, Monitoring & Tooling

• Build and maintain dashboards, monitoring systems, and automated reporting to track product, business, and model performance.
• Develop scalable analytics pipelines to surface key metrics, detect anomalies, and support timely issue diagnosis..
• Define and refine KPIs, using structured, hypothesis-driven analysis to understand performance changes and long-term trends.

Insights Discovery & Model Evaluation

• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, diagnose performance changes, and uncover growth opportunities.
• Conduct exploratory analysis, root-cause investigations, and hypothesis-driven deep dives.
• Support engineering and research science teams in evaluating model performance, including stability, calibration, and long-term health.

Experimentation & Measurement

• Assist in designing A/B tests, computing key metrics, and interpreting results.
• Apply basic statistical reasoning (e.g., variance, confidence intervals, significance testing) to support decision-making.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with engineering to integrate new data sources, refine data structures, and enable scalable analytics.
• Work with product and business teams to understand analytical needs and translate them into actionable solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, or another quantitative discipline.
• Basic understanding of core statistical concepts and introductory modeling techniques, with the ability to apply them in practical analysis
• 0–3 years of experience in data analytics or data science (internships or projects count).
  Proficiency with SQL and at least one analytical programming language (Python preferred).
• Ability to work with large datasets and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Ability to translate business questions into analytical frameworks and communicate insights effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Curious, proactive mindset with a desire to learn quickly and contribute meaningfully.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Data Science or a related quantitative discipline.
• Experience with BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, Superset, Metabase, or similar.
• Familiarity with cloud data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake) and workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow.
• Exposure to A/B testing, experiment design, or statistical evaluation.
• Understanding of digital advertising, performance marketing metrics, or online marketplace dynamics.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, business).

What You’ll Gain

• Hands-on experience with real production analytics, monitoring systems, and model evaluation.
• Opportunities to build foundational infrastructure that scales across teams.
• Exposure to high-scale data challenges and real-world ML performance considerations.
• A meaningful role in driving insights that inform product and business strategy.

AppLovin provides a competitive total compensation package with a pay for performance rewards approach. Total compensation at AppLovin is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Depending on the position offered, equity, and other forms of incentive compensation (as applicable) may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to dental, vision, and other benefits.

Other Types of Pay: Equity eligible

Paid Time Off: Unlimited Discretionary Time Off

Paid Holidays: 10 paid holidays per year

Paid Sick Leave: 80 hours per year

Method of Application: Apply online

Application Window: The application window is expected to close within 30 days of the posting date.

All questions or concerns about this posting should be directed to [e-mail].

CA Base Pay Range

$156,000 - $234,000 USD

AppLovin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about EEO rights as an applicant here .

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