Applied Scientist, AdTech

Job Summary

Building and validating models for auto insurance shopper conversions, the full-time remote Staff Applied Scientist, AdTech will manage media buying models, analyze carrier conversion data, and ensure production models adapt to market changes.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and optimize models that determine which auto insurance carriers are shown to shoppers, aiming to increase conversion rates
• Oversee the deployment and monitoring of production models, ensuring they remain effective despite market drift and changing objectives
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to frame problems and identify relevant data for model building

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on applied data science experience with measurable business impact
• Experience in building models that drive paid media decisions, including spend and bidding strategies
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, with a deep understanding of model architecture and loss functions
• Ability to manage models end to end, from data sourcing to deployment and monitoring
• Experience handling late labels, sparse features, and drift in data