Senior Applied Scientist — Retail Conversion Data Lead

Thetradedesk; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health benefits

401k plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Well-being benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Vacation time

Job summary

The Trade Desk is a global technology company and a leader in digital advertising, employing thousands across the world. We seek an applied scientist to own retail conversion data end-to-end, build pipelines from diverse sources, and apply rigorous statistics to scale and validate measurement results.

You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and analysts to deliver robust data-driven solutions.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python, SQL, and PySpark; strong data processing and foundations of statistics.
• Hands-on experience building statistical solutions and data pipelines at scale; end‑to‑end ownership.
• Ability to communicate with diverse stakeholders and justify statistically sound approaches.

Responsibilities

• Own retail conversion datasets end to end and ensure data integrity.
• Build datasets and pipelines from multiple retail sources for downstream measurement.
• Apply statistics to scale and project measurement numbers and impute missing data.

Skills

Python

SQL

PySpark

Data processing

Statistics

Estimation

Sampling

Measurement error

Data intuition

Communication

Education

BS/MS or PhD

Tools

Spark

EMR

Databricks

Job description

The Trade Desk is a global technology company and a leader in digital advertising, employing thousands across the world. We seek an applied scientist to own retail conversion data end-to-end, build pipelines from diverse sources, and apply rigorous statistics to scale and validate measurement results.

You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and analysts to deliver robust data-driven solutions.