Senior Data Scientist | Research, Code & Impact

Job description

At Digital Turbine, we make mobile advertising experiences more meaningful and rewarding for users, app publishers, and advertisers — intelligently connecting people in more ways, across more devices. We provide app publishers and advertisers with powerful ads and experiences that captivate consumers, fuel performance, and help telecoms and OEMs supercharge awareness, acquisition, and monetization. In a rapidly evolving industry, we are constantly innovating and creating better paths of discovery to connect consumers, publishers, and advertisers across the mobile ecosystem. Please note that Digital Turbine is a hybrid work environment-only candidates local to the posting location will be considered. The Mission: Engineering the Brain of DT Exchange At Digital Turbine, "Real-Time" is our reality - handling billions of events with millisecond-level constraints. Our DS team doesn't just build models; we build the algorithmic heartbeat of a massive global marketplace. We are currently in a peak phase of infrastructure evolution, and we need a Senior partner to help lead the charge. The Role: A True Problem Solver We’re looking for a Senior DS who thrives on End-to-End ownership. You aren't just given a dataset; you identify the business opportunity, architect the mathematical solution, and write the high-quality, production-ready code that brings it to life. This is the ultimate "DS Candy Store" for those who love research but live for the adrenaline of seeing their code drive real revenue. Who You Are: The Scientist-Engineer Hybrid: You have a 4+ year track record of delivering DS projects to production. An MSc/PhD in a quantitative field is a must. Tech Mastery: Expert-level Python (production-grade) and the ability to build for scale ( Spark, ONNX - great advantage) The "Nose for Value": You are business-oriented and independent. You don't just solve equations; you solve business problems and know how to measure your success. Ad-Tech/Real-Time DNA: You understand the thrill of low-latency environments and high-stakes auction dynamics. Mentor & Partner: You lead by example, elevating the team’s technical bar through code reviews and collaborative design. What You’ll Do: End-to-End Ownership: Own the entire lifecycle: from defining the business problem and KPI to deploying and monitoring the solution in production. High-Scale Architecture: Design and implement ML models & handling high-cardinality data at massive scale. Engineering Excellence: Write clean, modular, and scalable code. We believe great Data Science is built on a foundation of great Software Engineering. Strategic Leadership: Mentor the team through complex technical hurdles and contribute directly to our algorithmic roadmap. Why Digital Turbine? Because here, your impact is immediate and measurable. You’ll have the autonomy of a startup with the data-rich environment of a global giant. If you’re ready to move from the whiteboard to the "vein" of the product, let’s talk! About Digital Turbine: Digital Turbine (NASDAQ: APPS) powers superior mobile consumer experiences and results for the world’s leading telcos, advertisers and publishers. Our end-to-end platform uniquely simplifies the ability to supercharge awareness, acquisition and monetization — connecting our partners to more consumers, in more ways, across more devices. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with global offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and other cities around the world, serving top agency, app developer, and advertising markets. We are honored to have achieved numerous awards as an employer of choice, around the world, including: BuiltIn's Best Places to Work Awards in 2022, 2023 and 2024, DUNS 100 Best Places to Work in Tech for 2023 and 2024, and BDICode's 100 Best Companies to Work in 2024. Digital Turbine is an equal opportunity employer committed to exemplifying diversity and inclusion around the world. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We embed diversity in our mindset, products, and teams to empower an inclusive, equitable, and culturally fluent environment. Building and continuously fostering this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators, partners, and innovators. Digital Turbine will process the information you provide during the application process in accordance with the Digital Turbine Global Recruitment Privacy Notice .