Senior Data Scientist

Who We Are
Verve Group has created a more efficient and privacy-focused way to buy and monetize advertising. Verve Group is an ecosystem of demand and supply technologies fusing data, media, and technology together to deliver results and growth to both advertisers and publishers–no matter the screen or location, no matter who, what, or where a customer is. With 13 offices across the globe and with an eye on servicing forward-thinking advertising customers, Verve Group’s solutions are trusted by more than 90 of the United States’ top 100 advertisers, 4,000 publishers globally, and the world’s top demand-side platforms. Verve Group is a subsidiary of Media and Games Invest (MGI). Learn more at www.verve.com.

About The Job

In this role, you will work closely with product, engineering, and sales teams to drive the use of Data Science across the Verve Group and collaborate with our audience-focused Data Science team and the Machine Learning Engineers to engineer prototypes into solutions.

In this role, you will work on projects like

• ATOM (ID-less, on-device behavioral targeting) Find out more here.

• Moments.AI (contextual targeting solution) Find out more here and here.

What You Will Do

• Clean, preprocess, and analyze complex datasets to uncover actionable insights

• Develop and implement machine learning algorithms and statistical models

• Evaluate model performance and iterate to improve accuracy and efficiency

• Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders through compelling visualizations and presentations

• Collaborate with various platform/runtime data team(s) to provide high-quality deliverables

• Communicate regularly with stakeholders and project managers

• Design robust ML architecture

What You Will Bring

• 5+ years of experience delivering interdisciplinary data science products in production covering design and implementation across backend, data, and ML stacks

• A postgraduate degree in a relevant quantitative field (e.g. applied mathematics, statistics, engineering, computer science, physics, operations research, economics, behavioral sciences). PhD is a strong plus

• Experience with developing or supporting high-performance distributed systems

• Deep knowledge of statistical modeling

• Fluent in statistical analysis, data mining, and machine learning

• Enthusiasm for solving interesting problems

• Willingness to learn and work in a team-oriented and constantly changing environment

• Technical know-how:

  • Min. 5 years in Python

  • Min. 5 years in relational- and non-relational databases (BigQuery, Postgresql, ScyllaDB, Redis)

  • Min. 3 years of cloud experience with GCP and AWS (Kubernetes experience)

  • ML Ops Tools and common data science libraries (TensorFlow/PyTorch)

  • CI/CD experience

  • Github

  • Proficient in, SQL, PySpark, Sklearn

The following experience is welcome:

• Airflow/Spark

• Jupyter

• Knowledge of deep learning

What We Offer

• Join one of the top privacy-first omnichannel ad platforms and gaming companies

• Be part of a multicultural team (55+ nationalities) that is bringing advertising to the next level

• Benefit from working with some of the most experienced professionals in our industry and constantly grow with us

• You will learn and evolve in an empowering environment characterized by entrepreneurial actions

• Responsibility, independence, and an opportunity to participate in projects that have a significant impact on Verve Group’s success

• 3 Wellness days per year to help you maintain your well-being (in Q1, Q2 and Q3 after min. 90 days of employment)

• Enhance your professional skills with a yearly training budget and improve your language skills through German and/or English classes.

• Work and Travel Program (monthly raffle after 2 years of employment)

• We are happy to build a great team together and we appreciate your help through our Employee Referral Bonus

• Align your interests with the company's success and take part in our Employee Shares Purchase Plan

• You will be entitled to 19 holidays per year in addition to any of the public/bank holidays

• Personalized Benefits Platform; with a budget of 4100 INR/month, you can choose the benefits that fit you best from the following options:

  •  Mobility and travel

  • Entertainment and food

  • Fitness and health care

• Enjoy food and beverage benefits with colleagues and have fun during team events

• Medical insurance for self and family
  

Verve Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.