
Data Scientist, Search Science – Ads
Shipt
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: California • District of Columbia • United States
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Salary
💰 $73,900 - $147,900 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Focus on improving sponsored search capabilities to help grow ad revenue
- Analyze performance data to identify opportunities for improvement
- Conduct data analysis and build dashboards
- Contribute to models balancing organic relevance with ad monetization
- Support development of retrieval systems using traditional and newer approaches
- Help build evaluation pipelines and run A/B tests
Requirements
- Degree in a STEM field (Computer Science, Statistics, etc.)
- 1–3 years of experience applying data science or machine learning to real-world problems (internships count)
- Strong coding skills in Python and SQL
- Familiarity with ML frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow)
- Understanding of ranking concepts and experience with feature engineering
- Comfort working with large datasets and drawing actionable insights from data
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision
- 401k plan
- Discretionary vacation for exempt team members
- Paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- Paid sick leave
- Annual bonus eligibility
- Potential for restricted stock units based on role
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLdata analysismachine learningfeature engineeringA/B testingdashboard developmentretrieval systemsperformance analysisranking concepts