Zalando
e-commerce
SeniorPrincipalAppliedScientistZMS
“Senior Principal Applied Scientist - ZMS at Zalando. Skills: Machine Learning, Auction Theory, Mechanism Design, Optimization. Lead research and development of bidding and allocation algorithms. Optimize for platform health, advertiser performance, user relevance”
What You'll Achieve.
Optimizing for long-term platform health; Advertiser performance; User relevance; Fair, efficient, and transparent marketplace
Industry & Context.
Translate complex business constraints into mathematical objective functions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
PhD in Machine learning, 10+ years of experience in optimizing complex systems through automated algorithms, Deep theoretical and technical expertise in optimization, control theory, or reinforcement learning applied to bidding and budget pacing, Expert knowledge of productionalizing ML models within ultra-low latency constraints, Experience with large-scale distributed systems, Proficiency in Python and related stack, Solid understanding of how to architect scalable data pipelines for sparse, high-dimensional advertising data
Nice to Have
Track record of publications and industry experience, Proven track record of research excellence, evidenced by peer-reviewed publications in relevant fields such as Computational Advertising, Auction Theory, Mechanism Design, or Game Theory, Equivalent applied industry impact track
What You'll Do.
Lead research and development of bidding and allocation algorithms
Optimize for platform health
advertiser performance
Advance Auction and Mechanism Design capabilities
transparent marketplace
Collaborate with Product Managers
Translate business constraints into mathematical objective functions
Drive scientific and execution roadmap for ZMS Ad Tech Bidding Optimization
Foster culture of technical excellence
Mentor and grow senior level members of the team
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with Product Managers, Engineers, and Analysts; Drive the long-term scientific and execution roadmap in collaboration with Engineers and ML Scientists
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