Senior Data Scientist, Moloco
Growth Analytics
$180-225k
AI-native performance advertising for the open internet
Be an early applicant
AI-native performance advertising for the open internet
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$180-225k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To be the scaling engine for the internet economy, bringing the power of AI advertising to businesses of all sizes.
Role
Who you are
- Education: Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline (Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent practical experience)
- Experience: 4+ years in data science, analytics, or a closely related quantitative field, with significant time in a customer-facing or product-facing IC capacity
- Statistics: Strong foundation in experimental design, hypothesis testing, regression, and causal inference methods
- Programming: Proficiency in Python and SQL is required. Experience with large-scale data platforms (e.g., BigQuery) preferred
- Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Proven ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear recommendations for non-technical audiences up to C-level
- Stakeholder management: Demonstrated ability to build and maintain credibility with cross-functional partners across product, engineering, sales, and GTM functions
- Ownership: Proven ability to own projects end-to-end in ambiguous problem spaces, with a track record of driving them to measurable outcomes
- Leadership: Demonstrated self-direction and senior-level judgment. Comfortable operating without a playbook and building one where none exists
Desirable
- Graduate degree (Master's or PhD) in a quantitative discipline
- Prior experience in ad tech, programmatic advertising, DSP/SSP, or performance marketing. Strong familiarity with mobile app ecosystems and MMP measurement frameworks
- Experience working with or at a mobile app advertiser (gaming, fintech, social) with direct exposure to UA strategy, LTV optimization, or monetization
- Hands-on experience shaping product roadmaps as a DS - not just evaluating features, but actively influencing what gets built and why
- Track record of building scalable frameworks, playbooks, or methodologies that have been adopted by a wider team
- Familiarity with incrementality testing methodologies (geo holdouts, ghost bidding, PSA tests) and their practical application with advertisers
What the job involves
- Partner directly with Moloco’s top tier of advertisers to ensure they are extracting maximum value from the Moloco product suite, advising on campaign structure, measurement, bidding strategy, and optimization levers
- Translate account insights into product roadmap signals - feeding structured product and GTM feedback upwards
- Set the standard for GDS advertiser engagement as a model others learn from
- Build and scale activation frameworks that regional GDS teams can run across their books - moving the team from ad hoc activation to a repeatable, scalable model
- Serve as a senior technical voice from GDS in product conversations - bringing the depth of advertiser insight and analytical rigor needed to influence roadmap decisions at the highest level
- Systematically collect, synthesize, and communicate customer feedback and market signals to product and engineering, ensuring the Moloco roadmap is grounded in real advertiser needs
- Partner with product DS and engineering teams to define success metrics, design experiments, and evaluate new product features before and after launch
- Translate complex, ambiguous advertiser problems into clear product requirements and value propositions, acting as a credible interpreter between commercial and technical teams
- Define and own the GDS approach to product activation globally. Building frameworks, tools, and best practices that elevate the impact of the entire team
- Act as a thought leader within GDS: setting a high bar for analytical rigor, stakeholder communication, and cross-functional influence
- Work across AMER, EMEA, and APAC GDS teams to ensure consistency in how we bring product to market and how we surface customer insight back to the business
Our take
Moloco offers a cutting-edge platform that allows app developers and eCommerce marketplaces to fuel their growth through machine learning-driven advertising. Its suite of tools enables users to fine-tune campaigns, enhance user engagement, and broaden outreach, ultimately boosting profitability.
Positioned as the premier demand-side platform for ad performance across the open internet, Moloco has experienced substantial growth, securing significant funding and achieving Unicorn status in mid-2021. At the core of its Cloud DSP and Retail Media Platform lies a powerful ML engine leveraging deep neural networks (DNNs), facilitating automated, profitable, and scalable growth strategies for marketers.
Continuously evolving its flagship DSP with advanced features, Moloco consistently sets new benchmarks in ad spend. With expansion into retail media and MLaaS offerings, Moloco aims to democratize access to advanced machine learning capabilities for businesses of all sizes.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor (3.9)
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2021
$150m
SERIES C
Apr 2021
$20m
SERIES C
Total funding: $191.6m
Company HQ
Menlo Park, CA
Leadership
Ikkjin Ahn
(Co-Founder & CEO)Sets Moloco’s strategy and vision. Before co-founding Moloco, Ikkjin worked at Google, including on YouTube and Android.
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