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Senior Data Scientist – Ads Auctions
Location
United States
Posted
61 days ago
Salary
$161K - $204.5K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Data Scientist – Ads Auctions
Instacart
• Design and own analytical frameworks that guide the evolution of our auction and bidding systems, including CPC pricing, bid landscape modeling, and reserve price optimization. • Run rigorous experiments to evaluate the impact of auction mechanism changes—such as bid shading, second-price vs. generalized second-price auctions, and dynamic pricing—and translate results into actionable recommendations. • Develop statistical and machine learning models to forecast bid distributions, predict click-through rates, and optimize auction efficiency across advertiser and consumer dimensions. • Build simulations to model auction dynamics and stress-test proposed mechanism changes before live deployment. • Partner closely with Engineering, ML, and Product to translate business and advertiser needs into well-specified model and system requirements. • Enable objective decision-making by building dashboards and monitoring frameworks that surface auction health, advertiser performance, and CPC trends to stakeholders across the organization. • Apply expertise in causal inference, mechanism design, and econometrics to ensure our auction systems are fair, efficient, and aligned with marketplace goals. • Present analytical findings and strategic recommendations in a compelling way to influence Instacart's leadership and Ads go-to-market teams.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience working in a quantitative role at a product company or research organization, with meaningful exposure to ads, auctions, or marketplace pricing systems.
- Hands-on experience with auction mechanics, CPC or CPM bidding systems, bid optimization, or related ad monetization problems.
- Ability to run rigorous experiments and generate scientifically sound recommendations in the context of auction or pricing changes.
- Ability to write complex, efficient, and eloquent SQL queries to extract data.
- Ability to write efficient and eloquent code in Python or R.
- A desire to build and improve consumer software products and advertising platforms.
- Ability to translate business needs—from both advertiser and marketplace perspectives—into analytical frameworks.
- Eagerness to learn, flexibility to pivot when needed, savviness to navigate a dynamic environment, and a growth mindset to build a successful team and company.
Benefits
- Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation
- New hire equity grant
- Annual refresh grants
- Flex First remote work policy
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