Drimva

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Applied Science- Growth

Seattle, WA +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026

Location
Seattle, WA
Miami, FL
Education
Advanced degree (MS or PhD preferred) in statistics, economics, computer science, mathematics, operations research, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent applied research experience.

About the job

An Applied Scientist builds machine-learning, causal-inference, and optimization models and production decision systems to improve customer acquisition, marketing efficiency, engagement, and conversion.

What you'll do

  • Develop intent, conversion, and customer lifetime value models to guide acquisition and engagement.
  • Build marketing measurement and optimization systems for allocating spend across channels, markets, and time; use causal inference to estimate incremental impact.
  • Partner with business and technical teams to productionize models and evaluate and improve their effects on decisions and business outcomes.

What they ask for

  • Strong Python skills and experience building maintainable software and contributing to production ML systems.
  • Experience taking predictive models from problem definition and training through deployment, evaluation, and iteration; strong foundation in classification and statistical modeling.
  • Applied experience in causal inference and experimental design, including incremental-effect estimation and reasoning about confounding, selection bias, and uncertainty.
  • Ability to evaluate predictive performance and business outcomes, work with imperfect data and ambiguous questions, and communicate clear recommendations.

Nice to have

  • Experience with marketing measurement and optimization, including MMM, MTA, and budget allocation; or with customer acquisition, lifecycle marketing, personalization, customer lifetime value, and next-best-action systems.
  • Background in real estate, housing, or marketplaces; familiarity with PySpark.

Tools

Python, PySpark

AI focus

Build and deploy machine-learning models and decision systems for customer intent, conversion, lifetime value, marketing measurement, and spend optimization.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)