Senior Machine Learning Scientist (Ads incrementality) - Tokyo
Appier is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Scientist (Ads incrementality) - Tokyo (Japan). Level rates it ; you can apply on Appier.
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- Level rates this role Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
- Appier mentions visa sponsorship in this posting.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include PyTorch, TensorFlow and AI automation.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 66 other open roles at Appier.
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About Appier
Appier is an AI-native Agentic AI as a Service (AaaS) company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to power business decision-making. Founded in 2012 with a vision of democratizing AI, Appier’s mission is turning AI into ROI by making software intelligent. Appier now has 17 offices across APAC, Europe and U.S., and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Ticker number: 4180). Visit www.appier.com for more information.
Open to overseas candidates/Visa Support
This position is based in Tokyo, Japan. For international candidates, Appier's Japan office provides visa sponsorship to ensure a smooth transition to Japan.
The Impact You’ll Make at Appier
Appier is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Scientist to join our Advertising Cloud Optimization team, which leads the development of core machine learning algorithms driving campaign efficiency and advertiser ROI. Our programmatic advertising platform operates at a massive scale, handling over multi millions queries per second (QPS), all powered by our proprietary deep learning models for bidding, pricing, and personalized content delivery.
In this role, you'll measure ads incrementality on different type of traffic, creative, users, and also improve campaign efficiency on combination having good incrementality by machine learning model and AI automation.
What You’ll Work On
- Leverage scientific methods to improve ads measurement.
- Drive online experiments to continuously improve ads effectiveness.
- Own the project independently.
- Partner with product stakeholder, backend and frontend to provide measurement solution for our customers.
What We’re Looking For
- Master’s or PhD’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Econometrics, or related field.
- 3+ years of industry experience on causal inference, incrementality, marketing mix modeling or other measurement solutions on digital Ads related fields, and understand the assumption and difference across methods.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL experience with modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.).
- Strong ownership and collaboration skills.
Language
Fluent in English or Chinese.
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How we rate this
Senior Machine Learning Scientist (Ads incrementality) - Tokyo at Appier rates 90 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
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- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Walk me through how you've used PyTorch in your day-to-day work.
- What are the limits of TensorFlow that you've run into, and how did you work around them?
- How would you decide a model or AI system is ready to ship?
- Tell me about a time a model underperformed in production. How did you find out, and what did you change?
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