MediaAlpha is looking to solve high-stakes problems across their marketplace by architecting and productionizing advanced ML/AI solutions, improving real-time auction pricing and LTV-driven bid optimization, and enhancing the platform's analytical capabilities and building new data products.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading cross-functional projects and working cross collaboratively with tech/engineering teams
- Demonstrated success deploying impactful code (e.g., predictive models, date pipelines, algorithms) to production environments with quantifiable business impact
- Expertise in applying statistical techniques to real-world business problems (e.g. designing tests/experiments and evaluating results)
- Proven track record of training and mentoring data scientists
- Advanced in Python and SQL
- Exceptional analytical skills and ability to synthesize large and disparate data sets
- Capacity to think critically and creatively, uncover problems, and propose solutions
Responsibilities
- Architect and productionize advanced ML/AI solutions across our marketplace.
- Improve how we approach real-time auction pricing and LTV-driven bid optimization
- Master the MediaAlpha platform and collaborate with engineering to enhance our platform’s analytical capabilities and build new data products.
- Act as “player-coach” for a team of Data Scientists
Other
- Hybrid: Tuesday & Wednesday in-office
- Pure IC role (no direct reports), but this role will set technical direction, establish best practices, and mentor a team of senior data scientists.
- Success is measured by dollar impact, model reliability at scale, and the impact you deliver across multiple business units.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Self-starter who takes initiative on all projects and strives to build and improve upon existing processes
