Data Scientist, Analytics
AppLovin
Key Responsibilities
- Analytics, Monitoring & Tooling
- Build and maintain dashboards, monitoring systems, and automated reporting to track product, business, and model performance.
- Develop scalable analytics pipelines to surface key metrics, detect anomalies, and support timely issue diagnosis.
- Define and refine KPIs, using structured, hypothesis-driven analysis to understand performance changes and long-term trends.
- Insights Discovery & Model Evaluation
- Analyze large datasets to identify trends, diagnose performance changes, and uncover growth opportunities.
- Conduct exploratory analysis, root-cause investigations, and hypothesis-driven deep dives.
- Support engineering and research science teams in evaluating model performance, including stability, calibration, and long-term health.
- Experimentation & Measurement
- Assist in designing A/B tests, computing key metrics, and interpreting results.
- Apply basic statistical reasoning (e.g., variance, confidence intervals, significance testing) to support decision-making.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with engineering to integrate new data sources, refine data structures, and enable scalable analytics.
- Work with product and business teams to understand analytical needs and translate them into actionable solutions.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Proficiency with SQL
- Proficiency with at least one analytical programming language (Python preferred)
- Ability to work with large datasets
- Ability to translate findings into actionable recommendations
- Ability to translate business questions into analytical frameworks
- Ability to communicate insights effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, or another quantitative discipline.
- Basic understanding of core statistical concepts and introductory modeling techniques, with the ability to apply them in practical analysis.
- 0–3 years of experience in data analytics or data science (internships or projects count).
- Curious, proactive mindset with a desire to learn quickly and contribute meaningfully.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Data Science or a related quantitative discipline.
- Experience with BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, Superset, Metabase, or similar.
- Familiarity with cloud data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake) and workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow.
- Exposure to A/B testing, experiment design, or statistical evaluation.
- Understanding of digital advertising, performance marketing metrics, or online marketplace dynamics.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, business).