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Sr Applied Data Scientist - 1:1 Personalization, Audience and Experimentation (applied ML, PyToch, A/B testing)
$98K–$176K
7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of applied data sciences experience, end to end with digital marketing and measurement teams.
- Education
- 4-year degree in quantitative disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics) or equivalent industry experience.
About the job
Develops and deploys machine learning models for one-to-one personalization across marketing and digital channels, and measures their impact through experimentation.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and optimize personalization models, including recommendations, ranking, propensity, and reinforcement-learning approaches.
- Develop experimentation and measurement frameworks, including A/B testing, multi-armed bandits, and causal inference.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, marketing, and analytics partners to deploy scalable, reliable models and measure business impact.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of applied data sciences experience, end to end with digital marketing and measurement teams.
- Experience with customer-level A/B testing and matched-market testing.
- Strong hands-on experience in personalization/recommendations, applied ML, NLP, and deep learning.
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and modern ML libraries; experience building and deploying applied ML models in production.
Pay
$98,000.00 - $176,000.00 (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, GCP Vertex AI, Spark, Databricks
AI focus
Build and deploy personalization models; evaluate advances such as deep learning, embeddings, transformers, large language models, and reinforcement learning for personalization use cases.
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