Senior Data Scientist - Metrics

About Moloco:

Moloco is a machine learning company empowering organizations of all sizes to grow and unlock the full value of their unique first-party data, elevating the traditional path to performance advertising. While the largest technology companies have proven the speed and scale of ad-targeting utilizing data— the same robust performance powered by machine learning has previously been unavailable beyond their platforms. 

That's where Moloco steps in. With Moloco's powerful combination of cutting-edge machine learning technologies, we play a unique and visible role in shaping the digital economy, all while allowing companies to stay independent and scale.

An industry leader at the nexus of machine learning, performance marketing, and visionary product infrastructure, Moloco is advancing the advertising technology industry. We ranked in the top 10% of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies for 2023. Recognized as one of 46 leading Cloud Computing companies, receiving the Stratus Award for 2023. In 2023, we received Google’s Cloud DevOps Dreamers Award, a recognition given to companies that are implementing DevOps practices to drive organizational success and high performance. Lastly, Moloco is a 2024-certified Great Place to Work! Check us out on Glassdoor and be sure to get an inside look at working at Moloco on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

Moloco is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, London, Berlin, Seoul, Singapore, Beijing, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Tel Aviv and Tokyo.

Creating a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion and belonging is core to our existence. To reach our goals, diversity of talent and thought is a critical component of how we operate as an organization. Our workforce is our superpower, and we know that fostering a culture of inclusion, authenticity, and belonging will allow us the greatest opportunity to carry out our mission -- to empower businesses of all sizes to grow through operational machine learning.

Moloco is a truly rewarding place to work and in an exciting period of growth, which you could be a part of. Join us today and apply now!

The Impact You'll Be Contributing to Moloco:

We are seeking a passionate and motivated Senior Data Scientist - to join Moloco's Metrics team. In this role you will partner with data scientists, engineers, PMs, and marketing across the company to improve and amplify our use of data and machine learning in order to derive better insights on our users and our business. In this role, you will work on developing metrics, investigating metric trends, productionizing metrics and insights into self-service tools. The ideal candidate will have the right mix of hard and soft skills that allows them to conduct rigorous analysis, mentor junior data scientists, present findings to the leadership, provide tactical or strategic advice on the business and so on.

In this role, you will:

• Shape the direction of some of our key data science areas via metric related work, including aggregation, segmentation, investigation, attribution, etc.
• Effectively communicate actionable insights to all levels of the organization with varying degrees of data science understanding and backgrounds.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior data scientists on technical solutions, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment within the team.
• Represent the metric data science field throughout the organization via standardizing the metrics across the company, having a powerful voice to make us more data-driven.
• Build self-serving data science products to make analytics simpler within the company.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and implement data science initiatives that align with business goals, and communicate insights and recommendations to collaborators in a clear and actionable way.
• Work closely with Engineering, Product Management, Data Science and Marketing to understand metric usage and trends and make data-driven decisions and recommendations.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a quantitative field, such as mathematics, statistics, physics, economics, computer science, etc.
• 6+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, or Data Science Manager.
• Experience working on metric related projects.
• Expertise with SQL and data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Mode or looker) and proficiency in a programming language such as Python.
• Resilience and agility to react and communicate fast, prioritizing time on the most impactful projects.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex ideas and results to non-technical customers and leadership.
• Proven track record of successfully leading cross-functional projects, managing collaborators, and driving impact with data-driven insights. Management experience is a plus.

Our Compensation And Benefits (for United States Residents Only)

In accordance with various state laws, the range provided is a reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. We also offer a competitive benefits package.

Base Pay Range:$167,200—$205,000 USD

Moloco Thrive: Benefits and Well-Being:

We take care of you and create the conditions for you to do the best work of your career. Through a lens of inclusion, we offer innovative benefits that empower our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can do the best work of their lives. For an overview of our global benefits, click here. 

Moloco Values

• Lead with Humility: Everyone’s voice is respected, valued, and heard. With humility, we become more open and accessible to each other. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success. 
• Uncapped Growth Mindset: We see all situations as opportunities to learn, grow, and improve as individuals and as an organization. We seek diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and promote experimentation to push the boundaries of what’s possible. 
• Create Real Value: We pursue the most impactful opportunities with rigor and integrity. We take intelligent risks and make disciplined trade-offs to maintain deep focus. We help our customers win by delivering durable value. 
• Go Further Together: We’re one team working towards one mission and vision. We collaborate proactively and inclusively, involving the right people at the right time and in the right way. We strive to create a more equitable workplace. We won’t let each other fail. 

Additional Resources: 

• Moloco Company Blog 
• Moloco Leadership
• Moloco Newsroom 

Equal Opportunity: 

Moloco is an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex and gender, gender expression, and gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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