Moloco
SeniorDataScientist(GrowthDataScience)
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“Senior Data Scientist (Growth Data Science) at Moloco. Skills: Growth Data Science, Machine learning, Experimental design, Data analysis, Python, SQL. Provide data products, e. g. raw data, campaign facts, and growth insights to help customers improve campaign performance and maximize their business goals with Moloco. Develop, maintain and improve global experiment process to scale standard and bespoke experiments with Moloco customers”
What You'll Achieve.
Help customers improve campaign performance and maximize their business goals with Moloco; Ensure your work creates measurable value; Prioritize customer impact and take action to make it real; Prioritize effective solutions that drive business impact over technical elegance
Industry & Context.
Demonstrate judgment under uncertainty; Prioritize based on long-term impact, over short-term noise, making deliberate decisions when information is incomplete; Explicitly weigh tradeoffs like speed vs. quality and remain agile enough to adjust your approach thoughtfully as new information/data emerges; Reduce ambiguity for the team by asking the right questions upfront; Bring helpful structure to complex discussions; Fall in love with the problem, not the solution; Look beyond immediate tasks to understand root causes, second-order effects, and the long-term health of our ML ecosystem; Identify and fix gaps, even when they aren’t yet on the formal roadmap
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What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Master's degree or equivalent practical experience, Proficient in launching, running, optimising, and landing experiments from end to end, 5 years and above of experience working with statistical packages (e. g. , Python, SQL), Fluent in speaking and writing both Chinese-Mandarin and English, Knowledge and experience in experimental design, hypothesis testing, and various statistical analyses such as regression or time-series analysis, Experience in Python and SQL is required, Comfortable balancing multiple projects simultaneously and effectively prioritizing work based on business needs, Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present information and analysis results effectively to technical and less technical stakeholders (including Moloco end clients), Ability to build positive relationships within the data science communicating progress, surfacing risks early, and following through to ensure your work creates measurable value, Demonstrate judgment under uncertainty, Prioritize based on long-term impact, over short-term noise, making deliberate decisions when information is incomplete, Explicitly weigh tradeoffs like speed vs. quality and remain agile enough to adjust your approach thoughtfully as new information/data emerges, Lead through clarity and active listening, Reduce ambiguity for the team by asking the right questions upfront, tailor your communication to your audience, document your decisions, and bring helpful structure to complex discussions, Provide thoughtful, evidence-based feedback when needed and align behind decisions once they are made, Collaborate early, instead of solving in isolation, Build trust across the organization by listening first and navigate conflicting needs with empathy, creating buy-in around priorities and scope, Navigate technical tensions productively, disagreeing thoughtfully while maintaining momentum and strengthening professional relationships, Fall in love with the problem, not the solution, Build for the long run, looking beyond immediate tasks to understand root causes, second-order effects, and the long-term health of our ML ecosystem, When something breaks, don’t just patch you seek structural improvements that prevent recurrence and elevate the technical bar for the entire organization, Prioritize customer impact and take action to make it real, Prioritize effective solutions that drive business impact over technical elegance, spotting opportunities that others might overlook, Have the initiative to turn ideas into outcomes and the agency to identify and fix gaps, even when they aren’t yet on the formal roadmap
What You'll Do.
Provide data products
and growth insights to help customers improve campaign performance and maximize their business goals with Moloco
maintain and improve global experiment process to scale standard and bespoke experiments with Moloco customers
and effective communication of presentations and recommendations to multiple levels of stakeholders
Creating custom visual displays of quantitative information through writing queries
and developing automated reports and dashboards to provide insights at scale
Verifying the data we obtain from ad exchanges and mobile-app tracking solutions to confirm our campaign models are trained with the most accurate engagement data
Engaging in the life cycle of campaigns
from monitoring daily performance to partnering with sales teams on bespoke analysis for clients
Collaborate with key stakeholders to help Moloco focus on decisions that improve our products and services
with a focus on client growth
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work cross-functionally to help meet our client’s needs and advance our machine learning models; Collaborate with key stakeholders; Ability to build positive relationships within the data science communicating progress, surfacing risks early, and following through to ensure your work creates measurable value; Collaborate early, instead of solving in isolation; Build trust across the organization by listening first and navigate conflicting needs with empathy, creating buy-in around priorities and scope; Navigate technical tensions productively, disagreeing thoughtfully while maintaining momentum and strengthening professional relationships; 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.
Communication Scope
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present information and analysis results effectively to technical and less technical stakeholders (including Moloco end clients); Lead through clarity and active listening; Tailor your communication to your audience
Process & Methodology
Comfortable balancing multiple projects simultaneously and effectively prioritizing work based on business needs
Full Job Description
About Moloco: Moloco builds some of the most powerful AI advertising solutions in the world. Our name—short for "machine learning company"—reflects our core mission: democratizing access to the advanced AI that has historically been reserved for tech giants. Led by machine learning pioneers who built some of the most successful ad systems at Google, including YouTube's monetization engine and key search advertising technologies, we're transforming how businesses grow and compete in the digital economy. Built with AI from day one, Moloco’s planet-scale machine learning platform powers a suite of solutions for advertising growth and monetization. Moloco Ads is an AI-powered platform that delivers real business outcomes for mobile app marketers through performance-based user acquisition. Moloco Commerce Media enables retailers and marketplaces to build revenue-generating ad businesses that balance user experience and advertiser performance. Moloco is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Beijing, Singapore, Gurgaon, Tokyo, Shanghai, London, Tel Aviv, and Berlin. 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! Expression of Interest We’re always looking to connect with exceptional talent interested in joining Moloco. This posting allows you to share your profile for future opportunities, even if there isn’t a current role aligned with your experience. If you’re excited to build, scale, and innovate in a fast-moving environment, we encourage you to submit your resume. The Impact You’ll Be Contributing to Moloco: Data Science and Analytics (DSA) is a global team of data scientists and analysts. As a Growth Data Scientist, you will provide data products, e. g. raw data, campaign facts, and growth insights to help customers improve campaign performance and maximize their business goals with Moloco. Develop, maintain and improve global
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