Principal Data Scientist - Ad Tech
Principal Data Scientist - Ad Tech
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We are on the lookout for a Principal Data Scientist to join the Ad Tech data science team in our mission to deliver consistently amazing experiences.
As part of our Vendor Team youll be the driving force behind the success of thousands of restaurants shops and local businesses. Your contributions will empower vendors with advanced tools to manage their operations boosting their visibility and reach. Every feature you help build will create growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes strengthening Delivery Heros ecosystem and impact.
We are using AdTech to introduce people to new food they love and to enable our partners to meet their future customers at the perfect moment. a range of products that we have developed to offer advertising solutions for restaurants which help them to increase their visibility and reach improve their order conversion and eventually drive more sales by covering the entire marketing funnel. Operating across about 70 countries around the clock our AdTech connects the ideal advertiser with the ideal customer millions of times every day. In 2024/25 AdTech is a fundamental area for us on our path to profitability and is predicted to generate more than 1 billion euros in revenue for Delivery Hero; our innovative tech and product offering is the backbone of that development.
In this role you will be a thought leader driving innovation by designing and deploying our models to the forefront of technology to solve complex problems delivering revenue for Delivery Hero at the frontline of our growth & profitability journey.
Work on one of the most exciting topics at Delivery Hero with significant top management attention
Drive transformative innovation in AIpowered ranking and bidding systems for digital advertising
Define and own the direction of data science models for our new adtech products to ensure they are built for our future needs
Lead the creation of advanced models and strategies that redefine auction dynamics maximise advertiser ROI and deliver exceptional user experiences
As an expert and visionary you will elevate our advertising intelligence capabilities setting new industry benchmarks while shaping the future of datadriven decisionmaking at scale.
Qualifications :
Exceptional AI and ML Expertise:
Mastery of ranking models (eg neural ranking architectures neural auction approaches and cuttingedge approaches to personalisation and relevance).
Expertise in bidding algorithms multiobjective optimisation and reinforcement learning (RL) applications in advertising.
Advanced knowledge of AI frameworks (eg TensorFlow PyTorch) and their application to realtime decision systems.
Advertising Domain Mastery:
Indepth understanding of ad auctions ad exchange platforms and auction dynamics.
Proven experience optimising CPC CPA and ROAS metrics for advertisers at scale.
Exceptional Data and Statistical Expertise:
Advanced proficiency in Python SQL and designing workflows for frontend tracking data.
Strong foundation in probabilistic modelling causal inference and statistical rigour in experimental design.
Ability to solve multiobjective problems balancing metrics like revenue engagement and fairness.
Proven Leadership in AI Systems:
A track record of designing and deploying largescale AI systems in production with measurable business outcomes.
Experience influencing organisational strategy through actionable datadriven insights.
A history of mentoring teams to achieve exceptional technical outcomes while driving alignment across engineering product and data organisations
NicetoHaves:
Expertise in econometrics or game theory as applied to auction and pricing strategies.
Contributions to opensource AI tools or publications in toptier machine learning conferences.
Knowledge of calibration techniques (eg Platt scaling isotonic regression) to ensure prediction reliability.
Familiarity with transformerbased architectures or graph neural networks for complex data interactions.
Additional Information :
Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after happy and healthy is always on the menu. Because if youre in good shape then were in good shape.
Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for facetoface connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week
We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service
We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 Educational Budget Language Courses Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.
Get moving and release those wonderful mindboosting endorphins: Health Checkups Meditation Yoga Gym & Bicycle Subsidy
Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it well help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan Sabbatical Bank Public Transportation Ticket Discount Life & Accident Insurance Corporate Pension Plan
The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers Food Vouchers Corporate Discounts. Courses.
Ready to join our team If youre excited to grow collaborate and be part of the worlds leading delivery platform wed love to hear from you. Apply today!
We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities religious beliefs color national origin gender identities or expressions sexual orientations age marital or disability statuses or any other aspect that makes you you. We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experiencejust include it in your application. Youre welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
