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Data Science Director

Data Scientist • Hybrid • Full-time • Germany Hamburg, Germany

Lead the adjoe Ads data science team, which owns the entire bidding algorithm behind 50 billion predictions a day. The role is at least 50% hands-on, not purely managerial. Relocation support to Hamburg is offered.

Responsibilities

  • ▹Grow and manage the team of data scientists, data and ML engineers and analysts that owns the entire bidding algorithm
  • ▹Work on data science tasks yourself, own critical procedures such as experiments and implementation details, and mentor data scientists in advanced modeling, programming quality and strategic thinking
  • ▹Align with the adjoe Ads product team and Cloud Infrastructure on priorities, tools and best practices
  • ▹Contribute to the long-term strategy and quarterly OKRs

Requirements

  • ▹5+ years in data science, 2+ in leadership
  • ▹Track record of architecting and deploying ML solutions, recommender systems and neural networks
  • ▹Experience leading data science teams through hiring, mentoring, regular 1-1s and career development
  • ▹Experience with large, diverse data sources (AWS Athena, Kafka, Spark, Flink, S3, MySQL)
  • ▹Strong Python
  • ▹Deep mathematical foundations and the ability to translate model behavior into clear business decisions

Nice to have

  • ▹Experience building an MLOps stack with Airflow, Spark or Flink

Soft skills

Team leadershipMentoringStrategic thinkingCommunication with business stakeholders

What we offer

  • ▹Relocation support to Hamburg, Germany
  • ▹Fast pace with solutions shipped multiple times a day
  • ▹Diverse, global team from over 40 countries

About the company

adjoe runs adjoe Ads, a programmatic in-app advertising platform that connects advertisers and publishers through direct integration of its Android and iOS SDKs. Every ad decision is made in under 200 ms.

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