Applied Scientist
- San Mateo, United States
- Mid Level
- 5.5+ years
- Master's degree
- Posted
Skills
Required
- Online learning
- bandits
- ad tech / marketplaces / dynamic pricing
- RL
- Bayesian methods
- Python
- NumPy / SciPy / PyTorch / TensorFlow
- Apache
- Spark
Preferred
- NeurIPS
- ICML
- AISTATS
- KDD
- UAI
- WSDM
- SODA
- COLT
- algorithms
Join InMobi, a leading global provider of mobile advertising and marketing solutions. As an Applied Scientist III, you will work on cutting-edge research and algorithm development that drives measurable business impact. You will have the opportunity to prototype, publish, and deploy your work in a fast-paced environment that values scientific rigor and algorithmic depth.
If you thrive on solving complex, high-impact problems and want to see your ideas shape the future of a global exchange, this is the place where your work will truly make a difference
Deep grounding in one or more of:
Responsibilities
- Formulate, analyze, and implement algorithms that power real-time auctions, dynamic pricing, bid shaping, pacing, and traffic allocation across a massive-scale ad marketplace.
- Design and experiment with methods in online learning, reinforcement learning, multi-armed bandits, forecasting, game theory, and Bayesian modeling—in non-stationary, adversarial environments.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deploy your models in production and run real-world experiments with rapid feedback loops (measured in hours, not weeks).
- Causal inference, decision theory, game theory
Requirements
Online learning, bandits, RL, Bayesian methods
- End-to-end ownership: you can go from idea to production and thrive in applied settings
- Ph.D. (preferred) or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Physics, or a related quantitative discipline
- Proficient in scientific computing with Python, including packages such as NumPy, SciPy, PyTorch, or TensorFlow
- 5.5–7 years of experience working on algorithmic or applied research problems, ideally with some production deployment experience
- A researcher’s mindset: questions first, implementation later. You are thoughtful about assumptions and rigorous about validation
- Prior experience in ad tech, marketplaces, or dynamic pricing is helpful but not required
- Statistical learning theory, optimization, probability theory, and information theory
- Comfortable working with big data platforms like Apache Spark, distributed computing, and large-scale datasets
Preferred
- Strong publication record (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, AISTATS, KDD, UAI, WSDM, EC, SODA, COLT) is a strong plus—even if not recent
Pay
USD 148,200 - 216,600
