Data Scientist, Analytics (Ranking, AI)

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 177,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Ranking AI group within the Ads division seeks a Data Scientist to tackle large, complex data problems and translate insights into product impact across product, engineering, research, data engineering, marketing, and finance. You will design experiments, measure success with key metrics, and influence roadmaps with data-driven recommendations to improve monetization and user value at scale.

Ideal candidates have a strong analytics background, 6+ years of analytics experience (PhD

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/Math or a related technical field.
• Minimum 6 years of analytics experience (PhD counts as 4 years).
• Experience with SQL, Python, and/or R for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Work with large and complex data sets to solve challenging problems using analytical and statistical approaches.
• Apply quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining, and data presentation to develop product strategies that serve billions of users and hundreds of millions of businesses.
• Identify and measure success of product efforts through goals, forecasting, and monitoring key metrics.

Skills

Data analysis

Statistical methods

Experimentation

Data mining

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/Math or related field

PhD in quantitative field (preferred)

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Summary

Ranking AI is the central core machine learning org within Meta’s Monetization group, powering Meta’s revenue and business growth by advancing and deploying state-of-the-art Recommendation Systems AI for our Ads stack. We are currently redesigning the large and fragmented Ads model space by developing new modeling architectures, advancing the scale limit through model-hardware co-design, and developing techniques that better leverage anonymized, aggregated data. While there is significant focus on innovation, we pride ourselves in being able to translate research to production with high velocity, delivering on aggressive revenue targets in a predictable fashion. As a Data Scientist at Meta, you will collaborate on a wide array of product and business problems with a wide range of cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, Research, Data Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Finance, and others. You will use data and analysis to identify and solve product development’s biggest challenges. You will influence product strategy and investment decisions with data, be focused on impact, and collaborate with other teams. By joining Meta, you will become part of a analytics community dedicated to skill development and career growth in analytics and beyond. Product leadership: You will use data to shape product development, quantify new opportunities, identify upcoming challenges, and ensure that the products we build bring value to people, businesses, and Meta. You will help your partner teams prioritize what to build, set goals, and understand their product’s ecosystem. Analytics: You will guide teams using data and insights. You will focus on developing hypotheses and employ a varied toolkit of rigorous analytical approaches, different methodologies, frameworks, and technical approaches to test them. Communication and influence: You won’t simply present data, but tell data-driven stories. You will convince and influence your partners using clear insights and recommendations. You will build credibility through structure and clarity, and be a trusted strategic partner.

Required Skills

Data Scientist, Analytics (Ranking, AI) Responsibilities

1. Work with large and complex data sets to solve a wide array of challenging problems using different analytical and statistical approaches
2. Apply technical expertise with quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining, and the presentation of data to develop strategies for our products that serve billions of people and hundreds of millions of businesses
3. Identify and measure success of product efforts through goal setting, forecasting, and monitoring of key product metrics to understand trends
4. Define, understand, and test opportunities and levers to improve the product, and drive roadmaps through your insights and recommendations
5. Partner with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to inform, influence, support, and execute product strategy and investment decisions

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
2. A minimum of 6 years of work experience in analytics (minimum of 4 years with a Ph.D.)
3. Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
4. Experience with data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python), and/or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R)

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
2. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
3. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
4. Master's or Ph.D. Degree in a quantitative field

Public Compensation

$177,000/year to $247,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry

Internet

Equal Opportunity

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