Data Scientist – Analytics

AppLovin; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

equity eligibility

medical/dental/vision/life/disability

401(k)

unlimited discretionary time off

paid holidays

paid sick leave

Job summary

AppLovin is hiring a Data Scientist – Analytics to work with petabyte-scale datasets from ad and app ecosystems, analyzing high-velocity data streams from tens of millions of daily active users. The role involves building analytics tools, monitoring systems, and reporting pipelines to improve visibility into product health, business performance, and model outcomes.

The position is on-site in Palo Alto, California, with a full-time schedule.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required.
• Experience with BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Superset, Metabase).
• Experience with cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake).
• Experience with workflow orchestration tools (Airflow).
• Familiarity with digital advertising metrics.

Responsibilities

• Building dashboards.
• Developing scalable analytics pipelines.
• Defining KPIs.
• Analyzing large datasets.
• Conducting exploratory and root-cause analysis.
• Supporting model evaluation.
• Assisting in A/B test design.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Data storytelling

Education

Master's degree

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Superset

Metabase

BigQuery

Snowflake

Airflow

Job description

Role Overview

AppLovin is hiring a Data Scientist – Analytics to work with petabyte-scale datasets from ad and app ecosystems, analyzing high-velocity data streams from tens of millions of daily active users. The role involves building analytics tools, monitoring systems, and reporting pipelines to improve visibility into product health, business performance, and model outcomes.

Responsibilities

• building dashboards
• developing scalable analytics pipelines
• defining KPIs
• analyzing large datasets
• conducting exploratory and root-cause analysis
• supporting model evaluation
• assisting in A/B test design
• collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• a master's degree
• experience with BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Superset, Metabase)
• cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake)
• workflow orchestration tools (Airflow)
• familiarity with digital advertising metrics.

Benefits

• equity eligibility
• medical/dental/vision/life/disability insurance
• 401(k)
• unlimited discretionary time off
• paid holidays
• paid sick leave.

Position Details

The position is full-time, on-site in Palo Alto, California. Salary range is $120,000 to $180,000 USD.