The Walt Disney Company · 15 hours ago
Senior Data Scientist, Ads Research
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$142K/yr - $190K/yr
5+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global leader in entertainment and media, seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join their innovative Ads Research team. This role involves spearheading machine learning and data science initiatives to enhance advertising technology and improve ad decisioning and user experience.
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Responsibilities
Drive innovation and apply data science and statistical analysis in a variety of areas to enhance every aspect of advertising serving, including inventory forecasting, ad experience, ad pacing, pricing, targeting, advertising creation and enhancement, and efficient ad delivery
Translate business questions into data science framework; develop data analysis and ML models for complex ad challenges with fast turnaround
Develop rigorous evaluation pipelines for generative AI technologies, including visual generations (image, video) and/or LLM-based agentic generations
Define and evaluate key metrics in various product areas
Partner closely with generative AI specialists to support the creation of datasets for generative AI modeling applications
Develop Standard Operating Procedures for human-driven evaluations or labeling
Deliver data insights and provide data-driven recommendations to cross-team stakeholders
Design and analyze A/B tests for machine learning algorithm iterations
Establish strong partnership with stakeholders, including product managers, engineers and program managers, in a collaborative environment
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in computer science, statistics or equivalent experience
At least 5 years of relevant industry experience in data science at leading internet or technology companies. Experience in the advertising domain is a strong plus
Experience creating ML datasets and rigorous dataset labeling or evaluation processes for models
Strong interest to learn about generative mixed media, generative video, and diffusion-based technology
Solid knowledge of data science and statistics. Strong communication skills and business acumen
Proficient in SQL, Python, Java, or R. Familiar with Tableau, and/or other visualization tools
Experience designing and building machine learning models
Passionate about understanding the ad business, applying data science to relevant business scenarios, and seeking innovation opportunities to enhance business effectiveness
Interested in supporting rapid prototyping, generative AI, and creative technologies, including applications to advertisement creation and enhancement
Experienced building data-driven services and applications for production
A proven track record of thriving in a fast-paced, data-driven, and collaborative work environment is required
Preferred
MS or PhD in computer science, statistics or equivalent experience
Experience in digital video advertising or digital marketing domain
Experience in production-grade development, rapid prototyping, or generative AI related research using LLMs, generative imagery or video, or agentic flows. Otherwise a strong interest to learn
Experience with Airflow, data warehouse, Databricks or Sagemaker
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$11BKey Investors
Citibank
2020-04-13Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2020-03-20Post Ipo Debt· $6B
1978-01-06IPO
Leadership Team
Jamie Power
SVP, Addressable Sales
Nick Lewerke
SVP/Head of Content Planning & Analysis, Disney Streaming
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