Principal Engineer, Data Science

As a member of the AdSmart Product Engineering Team the Principal Engineer Data Science will be directly responsible for data science engineering as part of building out the necessary platform and products for NBCUniversals Universal Workstation. NBCUniversals audience management products will enable NBCUniversal to better understand its brands audiences such as NBC News Bravo The Tonight Show Saturday Night Live and USA Network as well as audiences that cross brands. The goal is to ensure we know who is watching what where and when. In turn enabling NBCUniversals sales teams to properly align our audiences with the market advertisements that can benefit them the most.

Youre a big thinker who can analyze and evangelize a long-range opportunity architect a groundbreaking solution and roll-up your sleeves to get code out the door when needed. You are data driven and analytical. You understand the concept of a value proposition and evaluation criteria and you know how to align them with low level milestones to get the work done. You can apply domain knowledge from one technical subject in order to quickly ramp and deliver on a new one. You know how to learn from failure until you succeed and you are able to articulate and quantify the reasons for your decisions.

You will be part of the AdSmart Data Technology team participating in the data architecture that will drive both current and future data management initiatives within NBCUniversals Audience Studio group.
 
Responsibilities:

• Serve as a Principal Data Scientist for AdSmart data products.
• Participate in and execute a product roadmap with input from the delivery team and stakeholders.
• Develop and code the data science services that is core to AdSmart under the leadership and direction of the VP Architecture
• Analyze and report results and adjust the overall engineering strategy accordingly with engineering leadership

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Data Science Computer Science or related field
• 15 years of software development experience
• 2 years of experience with linear television or digital advertising technologies.
• Strong knowledge of data structures algorithms
• Ability to apply data science theory to effectively to advertising & audience data
• Fluency in Python modeling
• Understanding of statistical concepts
• Experience in numerical optimization natural language processing forecasting deep learning and machine learning techniques.
• 8 years of experience with both relational database design (SQL) non-relational (NoSQL) big data real-time technologies
• Able to easily transition between high-level strategy and day-to-day implementation

Desired Characteristics:

• Self-directed ability to multi-task sharp analytical abilities excellent communication skills capable of working effectively in a dynamic environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills
• Results oriented high energy self-motivated
• Experience with LLM models and RAG

Additional Requirements:
Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite most commonly an employees residence.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits including medical dental and vision insurance 401(k) paid leave tuition reimbursement and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $185000 - $220000 (bonus and long-term incentive eligible).

Additional Information :

As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law. 

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Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time