Senior Data Scientist, Ads Insights & Optimization

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas seeks a Data Scientist within Data Insights to tackle high-impact problems influencing product strategy, business performance, advertiser outcomes, and marketplace health across Apple's advertising platforms.

The role covers domains such as product and marketplace insights, business analytics, forecasting and econometrics, and communicates findings to both technical and non-technical audiences, collaborating with product, engineering, sales, finance, and leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in Data Science, Analytics, ML, or related disciplines.
• Strong SQL skills with large-scale datasets.
• Strong Python skills and familiarity with analytical libraries.
• Solid foundation in statistics, experimental design, and causal inference.
• Experience building models to solve business problems and translating findings into recommendations.
• Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large-scale datasets to identify opportunities and influence decisions.
• Design and evaluate experiments to understand product and marketplace changes.
• Develop statistical, ML, forecasting, optimization, or econometric models.
• Define metrics and measurement frameworks to improve visibility into performance.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Sales, Finance, Marketplace, and Leadership teams.
• Communicate analytical findings and recommendations clearly.
• Translate ambiguous questions into structured analytical approaches.
• Influence decisions through data-driven insights and recommendations.
• Contribute to a culture of analytical rigor, experimentation, and continuous learning.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Python programming

Statistics knowledge

Communication

Experimentation

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related

Master's or PhD preferred in related quantitative discipline

Tools

SQL

Python

Jupyter

scikit-learn

Job description

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas seeks a Data Scientist within Data Insights to tackle high-impact problems influencing product strategy, business performance, advertiser outcomes, and marketplace health across Apple's advertising platforms.

The role covers domains such as product and marketplace insights, business analytics, forecasting and econometrics, and communicates findings to both technical and non-technical audiences, collaborating with product, engineering, sales, finance, and leadership