Senior Data Scientist — Identity & Real-Time Marketing

Publicis Groupe ANZ; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 87,100 - 173,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k)

Tuition assistance

Commuter benefits

Professional development

Employee recognition

Charitable donation matching

Health coaching and counseling

Flexible time off

Job summary

Epsilon’s Decision Sciences Identity (DSI) team is seeking a PhD-level Lead Research Scientist to advance the Identity Resolution Platform that powers real-time digital marketing at internet scale. You will transform novel ideas into production technologies with measurable business impact.

This role tackles complex problems using large-scale data, collaborating with engineering and product teams to deliver scalable identity solutions and improved marketing performance for leading brands.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field.
• Research experience and coursework in Machine Learning.
• Strong understanding of statistical, analytical, and predictive modeling techniques.
• Strong Python programming skills and production-quality code development.
• 2+ years of relevant programming experience through research or industry work.
• Ability to code independently and with AI-assisted tools.
• Proven ability to design, execute, and deliver research projects.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for non-technical audiences.
• Self-motivated, organized, and collaborative with multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Individually contribute to data science and ML R&D projects.
• Apply data science skills to research and business problems.
• Contribute to projects from early-stage research through development.
• Implement and optimize algorithms in distributed environments.
• Develop understanding of personalization platform and datasets.
• Collaborate across teams and participate in research applications.

Skills

Python programming

Research experience

Communication skills

Collaboration

Independent coding

Algorithm development

Statistical modeling

ML implementation

Distributed computing

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Spark

Hadoop

Databricks

AWS

Job description

Epsilon’s Decision Sciences Identity (DSI) team is seeking a PhD-level Lead Research Scientist to advance the Identity Resolution Platform that powers real-time digital marketing at internet scale. You will transform novel ideas into production technologies with measurable business impact.

This role tackles complex problems using large-scale data, collaborating with engineering and product teams to deliver scalable identity solutions and improved marketing performance for leading brands.