Senior DSP Optimization Scientist — AI-Driven Bidding

Yahoo Holdings Inc. in; Richardson (TX); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work options

Healthcare

401(k)

Backup childcare

Education stipents

Job summary

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is seeking a Principal Research Scientist (IC6) to lead high-scale optimization for budget control, pacing, and bidding algorithms within the DSP Optimization team.

You will drive production-ready research, architect AI-augmented workflows, and mentor researchers while collaborating with engineering and product leadership to deliver measurable improvements in real-time advertising performance.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in CS, EE, OR, stats, math or related quantitative field.
• 8+ years designing and deploying large-scale optimization or ML models in production.
• Strong foundation in probability, convex/stochastic optimization, and control theory.
• Hands-on production programming experience (Python, Java, C++, SQL, Spark).
• Experience with AI pair-programming and developer automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead research, architecture, and production deployment of large-scale optimization algorithms for budget pacing and bid optimization.
• Implement agentic AI workflows and automated experimentation to accelerate research-to-production velocity.
• Set technical strategy and long-term vision for the DSP optimization ecosystem.
• Apply control theory and ML to real-time marketplace dynamics with uncertain signals.
• Guide code refactoring, automated testing, and AI-driven research synthesis.
• Own multi-quarter research initiatives from formulation to rollout with rigorous metrics.
• Partner with engineering and product to scale algorithms across systems.
• Mentor senior scientists and engineers, fostering an AI-forward culture.
• Communicate results and architectural choices to executives and cross-functional partners.

Skills

Python

Java

C++

SQL

Spark

AI pair-programming

Automation tools

Machine learning

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / OR / Statistics / Mathematics

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

Codex

Agentic orchestration frameworks

Job description

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is seeking a Principal Research Scientist (IC6) to lead high-scale optimization for budget control, pacing, and bidding algorithms within the DSP Optimization team.

You will drive production-ready research, architect AI-augmented workflows, and mentor researchers while collaborating with engineering and product leadership to deliver measurable improvements in real-time advertising performance.