Research Data Scientist

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An iSpot Research Data Scientist is a key contributor to the future growth of the company, pushing boundaries on what is measurable in the TV viewing and advertising space. The Research Data Science team builds innovative solutions for iSpot’s audience measures, attribution and lift analytics, and creative testing. After developing new methodologies and building prototypes, we work with our product and engineering teams to scale our models to satisfy the needs of brands, publishers, networks, and agencies in a constantly evolving marketing landscape.

• Data Analysis and Modeling:
  Conduct in-depth data analysis and build advanced statistical models to extract insights from large viewing and demographic datasets.
• Machine Learning Model Development:
  Develop, train, and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning models to solve a variety of measurement problems.
• Data Pipeline Development:
  Work with our Engineering teams to design and implement efficient data pipelines to collect, process, and transform data from various sources.
• Research and Innovation:
  Stay up-to-date with the latest data science techniques, tools, and technologies, and explore novel approaches to solve complex challenges.

• Degree in mathematics, economics, statistics, computer science, physics, social sciences, or other quantitative discipline. A master's degree is preferred but not required.
• 1-3 years of professional experience in data science and/or modeling.

• Technical understanding of machine learning, statistics, data science, and related fields.
• Advanced user in several quantitative software tools, particularly Python, R, and/or SQL; willingness to learn new tools as needed.
• Expert at wrangling data and conducting thorough data analyses.
• Experience working with high dimensional data sets.
• Pragmatic, team-oriented; builds rapport and respect.
• Strong communication, writing, and critical thinking skills; attention to detail.

Target cash compensation range: $95,950 - $106,000 USD Annually.

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Those local or living in surrounding areas to one of our offices (Bellevue, WA or New York, NY) will work a hybrid schedule, coming into their local office 1-3 days a week. While those in a role, not office-based and located further away from our offices, will work a fully remote schedule. If you have questions regarding exact details of our hybrid & flexible workplace policy, please let your recruiter know and they will discuss with you further.

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