dataxu’s vision is to make marketing better using data science. The world’s top brands and agencies partner with dataxu to better understand and engage their customers across all available media formats, devices, channels, and buying modes. dataxu’s Demand-Side Platform (DSP) was recently named a Leader, including the highest score possible in the product strategy criteria in The Forrester Wave™: Omnichannel Demand-Side Platforms, Q2 2017 from Forrester Research Inc. In March, dataxu also received the top usability score among competitors in a head-to-head study by independent usability research firm, Validately.

The role is a part of the Optimization and Machine Learning team reporting to the VP of Optimization and Machine Learning. The Engineer/Scientist will mine petabytes of media data and write analytical software to automatically build optimal media buying algorithms. The right person for this role will enjoy diving into messy data, cleaning it up, finding powerful insights, presenting them in a compelling way, then writing robust code to automate this process.

On the Job

• Dive into data, clean it up, and pull out insights that can be used to improve system performance
• Develop algorithms improve dataxu’s consumer analytics and media buying platform
• Run live experiments to prototype the improvements and prove their efficacy
• Assist the development team with productization of successful algorithms
• Provide expert consultative assistance to other teams in the company
• Contribute to the technical vision for dataxu

About You

• PhD Degree in Machine Learning , Operations Research, Applied Math, or similar field
• Proven problem solving and analytical abilities
• Excellent understanding of algorithms and data structures for optimization
• Software development skills in Java or Python on UNIX/Linux
• Proficiency with analysis tools such as Spark, R, Matlab, Weka, or similar

Preferred Skills

• Experience with TB size (or PB size) datasets
• Skilled at diving into messy data, finding insights, and presenting them to people in a way they can be easily understood

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of markets, auctions and/or advertising
• Experience with Deep Learning

Day to Day at the xu

Life at dataxu is truly unique. From Day 1, through an industry leading employee integration program, we work hard to ensure that our new xukeepers (dataxu – get it?) understand our values and what behaviors contribute to a successful career here at dataxu.

Here’s what we are all about:

Free semi-monthly lunches, happy hours and costume competitions? Yeah, we’ve got all that. We’re totally obsessed with our customers, our product, our people and innovation—all of which tie right in with our corporate values. We Collaborate across all teams and global offices. Our customers Trust us because we put transparency and their needs first. Innovation is part of everything that we do. Excellence is our standard mode of operation. And of course, Customer Obsession. We wouldn’t be here without our customers! So, interested in working here yet? Visit dataxu.com to learn more!