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Staff Data Scientist

Valassis

Staff Data Scientist

Morrisville, NC
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    STAFF DATA SCIENTIST – MACHINE LEARNING & DECISION PROCESSING

    Vericast is the leader in online and offline advertising technology.  As a Data Scientist at Vericast your work is central to keeping us at the forefront of the marketing technology industry.  Our data scientists focus on developing smarter data-driven technology that drives relevant messages through all marketing communication channels.

    We are seeking data experts who are passionate about using cutting edge technology and data science methods to solve unique and complex problems. The ideal candidate is innately curious about how data can be used to tell a story and inform decisions. You have honed your skills through a combination of education, work experience, and hobbies.  You are excited about the complexity and challenges of creating intelligent, high performance systems while working with a highly experienced and driven data science team.

    If this describes you, we are interested. You can be an integral part of a cross-disciplinary team working on highly visible projects that improve performance and grow the intelligence in our product suite.  Our day-to-day work is performed in a progressive, high-tech workspace where we focus on a friendly, collaborative and fulfilling environment.

    ON ANY GIVEN DAY YOU’LL BE…

    • Implementing predictive models with rapid retraining through various ML methods
    • Designing and developing interactive reports for internal and external customers for business decision making using Tableau/AWS tech stack
    • Using models to provide insights into prospect and customer behavior
    • Working in an HDFS/Spark environment that processes over 12 trillion calculations to decision on more than 110 billion online ads per day
    • Using geo location data to track foot traffic, commercial visitation and next most likely visit to understand consumer physical behavior
    • Using online behavior data to determine the primary interest categories of consumers and the web properties they visit
    • Developing algorithms to optimize the setting of every lever in a high throughput real-time decision system
    • Building model inference pipelines to better understand the efficacy of models in production or for compliance reporting
    • Setting up and running distributed training and inference cycles using AWS Sage Maker
    • Building scalable ETL pipelines using various AWS services like S3, EMR, Lambdas, etc.
    • Analyzing data to better understand how a neighborhood’s consumption of web pages correlates with visits to a local big box store
    • Finding the handful of outliers in billions of rows of transactional data
    • Building new products with applied AI and bringing them to market
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL LIKELY HAVE…

    • Four years working experience & desire to perform similar tasks to those listed above
    • An advanced degree in a relevant, quantitative field or equivalent experience
    • Firm and intuitive grasp of the math and fundamentals behind statistical and ML techniques
    • Ability to grow and ultimately mentor team members of varying experience levels and competencies through data science, product and software development life cycles

    Additional Information

    WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

    Vericast offers a generous total rewards benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401K matching and generous PTO allowance. A wide variety of additional benefits like life insurance, employee assistance and pet insurance are also available, not to mention smart and friendly coworkers!

    WHO WE ARE: 

    Valassis, a Vericast business, is the leader in marketing technology and consumer engagement. We work with over 60,000 companies and brands in a wide array of industries, partnering to anticipate consumer intent, inspire action, and create demand. NCH Marketing Services, Inc. and Clipper Magazine are Valassis subsidiaries, and RetailMeNot Everyday™ is its consumer brand. Its signature Have You Seen Me?® program delivers hope to missing children and their families. Follow Valassis on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

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  • Industry
    Marketing and Advertising