Senior Data Scientist, AI-Driven Media Insights (Hybrid)

Newton Research; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Newton Research in the Greater Boston area seeks a Senior Data Scientist to build production-level models and algorithms for media planning, audience measurement, and yield optimization. You will collaborate with engineering to deploy these capabilities and help Newton think like a data scientist.

The role demands ownership of ambiguous problems and strong communication with stakeholders. The ideal candidate has a PhD or Master’s in a quantitative field, 5+ years of data science experience, and

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of experience in data science or applied statistics
• Proficiency in Python, including data science libraries like pandas and scikit-learn, and writing code that ships to production
• Strong SQL and experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, or Redshift
• Ability to clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience in media, marketing, advertising, or related industries

Responsibilities

• Build production-level models and algorithms for media planning, audience, measurement and yield problems
• Design and interpret experiments, including deciding what a result does and does not support
• Own problems end to end, from scoping the question to defending the answer to customers
• Work with engineering to encode your judgment into Newton's agents
• Build the evals and benchmarks that tell us whether an agent's analysis is correct, not just plausible, and set the methods the team uses as it grows

Skills

Data science

Statistical modeling

Causal inference

Machine learning

Python

SQL

Communication

Education

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

pandas

scikit-learn

Snowflake

BigQuery

Databricks

Redshift

Job description

Newton Research in the Greater Boston area seeks a Senior Data Scientist to build production-level models and algorithms for media planning, audience measurement, and yield optimization. You will collaborate with engineering to deploy these capabilities and help Newton think like a data scientist.

The role demands ownership of ambiguous problems and strong communication with stakeholders. The ideal candidate has a PhD or Master’s in a quantitative field, 5+ years of data science experience, and