Senior Data Scientist - Generative AI & Ad Tech Innovator

ESPN; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to advance ML and data science initiatives across ad decisioning, forecasting, experimentation, and user experience optimization. You will lead projects at the intersection of analytics, AI, and business strategy.

You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and designers to translate business needs into data-driven solutions and measurable impact, including new AI-enabled ad creation and optimization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS, statistics, or related field.
• 5+ years of data science experience at leading tech/ internet companies; ad tech experience is a plus.
• Experience creating ML datasets and rigorous labeling/evaluation processes.
• Interest in generative mixed media, generative video, diffusion tech.
• Strong statistics/data science foundation; good communication and business sense.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, Java, or R; familiarity with Tableau or visualization tools.
• Experience designing and building ML models; data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Drive innovation and apply data science to ad serving, forecasting, ad experience, and delivery.
• Translate business questions into data science frameworks and develop ML models.
• Define and evaluate key metrics across product areas.
• Collaborate with generative AI specialists for datasets for AI modeling.
• Develop SOPs for human-driven evaluations and labeling.
• Deliver data insights and recommendations to cross-team stakeholders.
• Design and analyze A/B tests for ML algorithm iterations.
• Partner with product managers and engineers in a collaborative environment.

Skills

5+ years data science

SQL

Python

Java

R

Statistics

Data analysis

Generative AI

Ad tech domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Statistics or equivalent

Tools

Tableau

Airflow

Databricks

Sagemaker

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to advance ML and data science initiatives across ad decisioning, forecasting, experimentation, and user experience optimization. You will lead projects at the intersection of analytics, AI, and business strategy.

You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and designers to translate business needs into data-driven solutions and measurable impact, including new AI-enabled ad creation and optimization