Data Science Internship, Moloco

• Able and willing to work from our Redwood City, CA. office
• Must be able to work full-time (40-hours per week) for 12-weeks during the summer of 2026 (May - September)
• Actively enrolled in a Bachelor's, Master’s or PhD program in a technical or quantitative discipline during the internship
• Candidates pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree must be graduating and obtaining the degree by June of 2027

Desirable

• Data Science and Analytics (DSA) is the global team of Data Scientists and Analysts
• As a Data Science Intern in DSA, you will drive performance improvement and cost efficiency in our product through a deep understanding of the ML and infra system, and provide a data driven insight and scientific solution
• Work on and improve various components of our ad-tech stack including ranking, retrieval, auction/bidding and budget pacing
• Conduct deep-dive analysis to influence R&D decisions and strategies: analyze a large dataset with queries and scripts, extract valuable signals out of noise, and produce actionable insights into how we could optimize Moloco’s complex bidding system
• Design and deploy advanced optimization approaches to improve our ad-delivery: identifying the best ranking, retrieval and bidding strategies that strike the right balance between ROI and revenue trade-offs
• Validating and quantifying the efficiency and performance gain from hypotheses through rigorous simulation and modeling
• Developing a robust experiment design and metric framework, and providing reliable and unbiased insights for product and business decision making
• Stay up-to-date with the latest researches and developments in experimentation and causal inference, and identify opportunities of applying these techniques to business challenges