Principal Analytics & AI Engineer

C0035 LiveRamp, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 193,500 - 227,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching up to 6%

Paid time off & holidays

Paid parental leave

Job summary

LiveRamp is seeking a Principal Analytics & AI Engineer to scale self-service analytics and AI capabilities. You will shape data models, build analytics frameworks, and deliver trusted insights for Product and Engineering teams using platforms like BigQuery, AI, ML, and Tableau.

You will lead the design of AI-powered metrics, ensure explainability and governance, and mentor engineers to elevate data science practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, with a track record of building and scaling production-grade ML pipelines.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and SQL; comfortable with large cloud datasets (BigQuery).
• Experience building and deploying ML models and AI agents; strong DS/ML/AI stack knowledge.
• Deep understanding of Product Analytics metrics in SaaS or platform environments.
• Ability to translate vague product questions into concrete technical concepts and roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and certify reusable AI-powered self-service metrics, dashboards, agents, and analytical products for Product and Engineering teams.
• Create semantic layers and metric frameworks to power AI-assisted insights and natural language querying.
• Partner with Product/Engineering to align goals and embed analytics into the product lifecycle.
• Develop predictive, diagnostic, and causal models to understand and optimize product adoption, engagement, and monetization.
• Oversee experimentation strategy including A/B testing and causal inference; architect data stack with MLOps for reproducibility.

Skills

Python

SQL

Cloud data stacks

ML pipelines

MLOps

Business acumen

Education

MS/PhD in CS/Stats/Math

Tools

BigQuery

dbt

Job description

Company Overview

LiveRamp is the data collaboration platform of choice for the world’s most innovative companies. A groundbreaking leader in consumer privacy, data ethics, and foundational identity, LiveRamp is setting the new standard for building a connected customer view with unmatched clarity and context while protecting precious brand and consumer trust. LiveRamp offers complete flexibility to collaborate wherever data lives to support the widest range of data collaboration use cases—within organizations, between brands, and across its premier global network of top-quality partners. Hundreds of global innovators, from iconic consumer brands and tech giants to banks, retailers, and healthcare leaders, turn to LiveRamp to build enduring brand and business value by deepening customer engagement and loyalty, activating new partnerships, and maximizing the value of their first‑party data while staying on the forefront of rapidly evolving compliance and privacy requirements.

Role Summary

As we scale our self‑service analytics and AI capabilities, we’re looking for a Principal Analytics & AI Engineer to develop scalable analytics & AI solutions and frameworks, and intuitive tools that bring insights directly to business teams. The Principal Analytics & AI Engineer plays a critical role in delivering trusted, scalable analytics and AI solutions to stakeholders across the company, particularly in the Product & Engineering areas. Working closely with architects and data engineers, you’ll help shape data models and pipelines and build Analytics / AI frameworks that serve as the foundation for high‑impact dashboards and predictive and prescriptive analytics. You’ll design user‑centric tools that empower teams to explore data, gain insights, and make better decisions — powered by platforms like BigQuery, AI, ML, and Tableau.

Key Responsibilities

AI‑Powered Self‑Service Analytics & Insights

Design, build, and certify reusable AI‑powered, self‑service metrics, dashboards, agents, and analytical products based on business needs for stakeholders in Product and Engineering teams to independently answer complex questions and provide actionable insights.

Create semantic layers, metric frameworks, and analytical abstractions that power AI‑assisted insights and natural language querying. Partner with Product and Engineering to align strategic goals and embed analytics and decision logic directly into the product lifecycle. Develop complex analytical models, provide “so‑what” deep‑dive analyses, and present findings to leadership for high‑impact use cases. Own explainability, trust, and governance for AI‑driven analytics experiences.

Data Science, Modeling & Experimentation

Develop predictive, diagnostic, and causal models to understand and optimize product adoption, engagement, retention, and monetization. Translate ambiguous product questions into formal models and statistically sound analyses. Perform scenario modeling and simulation to inform roadmap and investment decisions.

Own experimentation strategy, including A/B testing, quasi‑experiments, and causal inference. Partner with data engineering to architect data stack, build model‑ready datasets and scalable feature pipelines, and embed MLOps for reproducible data science and ML models. Validate models, create framework, review analytical rigor, and raise the quality bar across product analytics and data science work.

Leadership

Partner with Product, Engineering, and Design teams to define and prioritize roadmap. Mentor and lead cross‑functional efforts to evangelize analytical and ML/AI best practices both within and outside the organization. Lead complex cross‑functional analytics projects.

Required Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, with a track record of building and scaling, and deploying production‑grade ML pipelines.
• Expert‑level proficiency in Python and SQL; must be comfortable navigating massive datasets in cloud environments (e.g., BigQuery) and possess hands‑on experience building both ML models and sophisticated AI agents.
• Demonstrated ability to build agent, architect and manage a modern DS/ML/AI stack from the ground up.
• Deep understanding of Product Analytics metrics and concepts, ideally within a SaaS or Platform environment.
• Exceptional business acumen with the ability to translate vague product questions into concrete technical concepts and roadmap, and articulate business impact to non‑technical executive stakeholders.
• Advanced experience partnering with data engineers and working with dbt or similar data modeling frameworks.
• Robust experience implementing MLOps best practices to ensure model reliability and scalability.
• A history of leveling up mid‑to‑senior engineers and driving engineering excellence across the organization.

Compensation

The approximate annual base compensation range is $193,500 to $227,500. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by a number of factors including the applicant’s experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, geography, as well as internal equity among our team.

Benefits

• People: Work with talented, collaborative, and friendly people who love what they do.
• Fun: We host in‑person and virtual events such as game nights, happy hours, camping trips, and sports leagues.
• Work/Life Harmony: Flexible paid time off, paid holidays, options for working from home, and paid parental leave.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: LiveRamp offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you be your best self in your personal and professional lives. Our benefits package offers medical, dental, vision, life and disability, an employee assistance program, voluntary benefits as well as perks programs for your healthy lifestyle, career growth and more.
• Savings: Our 401K matching plan—1:1 match up to 6% of salary—helps you plan ahead.

Equal Opportunity & Legal Notice

LiveRamp is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled) and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or other employment of associates or the awarding of subcontracts because of a person’s race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics or other protected status. Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. We use automated decision systems (ADS) as part of our recruitment and hiring process. If you require an accommodation or believe that the use of an ADS may create a barrier to your application or participation in the hiring process due to a disability or other protected characteristic, please let us know. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations and ensuring an equitable hiring experience for all candidates. California residents: Please see our California Personnel Privacy Policy for more information regarding how we collect, use, and disclose the personal information you provide during the job application process.

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