Data Scientist II

Role: Data Scientist II

Location: Bengaluru

What youll do

Were MiQ a global programmatic media partner for marketers and agencies. Our people are at the heart of everything we do so you will be too. No matter the role or the location were all united in the vision to lead the programmatic industry and make it better.

As part of the Data Scientist team under DnA you will Assist in data analysis and interpretation to support business decision-making. Contribute to the development and implementation of data-driven solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather insights and solve problems.

• Data preprocessing and cleaning.
• Assisting in developing and implementing predictive models.
• Supporting senior team members in data analysis tasks.

Who are your stakeholders

As a Data Scientist II you are required to work with different stakeholders across the MiQ ecosystem:

Programmatic Traders: As a Data Scientist II you collaborate with traders to test out the data science and ML-based activation solutions to help them optimize campaigns. By leveraging your modeling skills & understanding of the programmatic landscape you provide actionable activation segments on audience targeting ad performance and bidding strategies. This helps traders make data-driven decisions optimize their advertising campaigns and improve overall campaign effectiveness and ROI.

Product Managers: You work closely with the Product managers to leverage the power of data partnerships and through your DS model-building skills you help uncover valuable insights about customer behavior market trends and campaign performance. This information allows Product managers to create a product requirement & scoping document with all the necessary details about the products USP Data science related capabilities thus outlining the course of product development.

DnA Analysts Consultants & Data Scientists: You are required to work with the Consultants DnA Analysts & Data Scientists to form a team with all the expertise in place for robust product development. The product developed under local products will be a collaborative effort of all the 3 experts. You will also have to assist in the effort of training all other DnA Analyst on how to use a DS/ ML based solution help them pitch to the client and how to measure the impact of the solution.

In summary as a Data Scientist II you add value by providing data-driven planning activation & reporting DS/ML-based solutions to traders product managers sales teams and agency/advertiser clients that empower MiQ and its stakeholders to reach the right audience with the right content at the right time.

What youll bring

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science or Mathematics/Statistics.
• 2 Years of experience in working on data science projects.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python/R.
• Experience in applying machine learning and statistical modelling such as regression classification decision trees forecasting clustering).
• Familiarity with data manipulation and visualization tools (e.g. pandas matplotlib seaborn)
• Familiarity with end-to-end lifecycle of data science projects starting from conceptualization to deployment and monitoring.
• Hands-on experience in Pyspark and SQL for processing large datasets and extracting insights
• A passion for keeping up with latest technologies such as GenAI Deep Neural Networks Bayesian Inference and applying them in relevant products.
• Effective communication skills for explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Weve highlighted some key skills experience and requirements for this role. But please dont worry if you dont meet every single one. Our talent team strives to find the best people. They might see something in your background thats a fit for this role or another opportunity at MiQ.

If you have a passion for the role please still apply.

What impact will you create

As a Data Scientist II your role will create value for MiQ in the following ways:

1. Driving client stickiness: With your ability to leverage different datasets in the MiQ ecosystem merge them together and run the data science and machine learning models you will assist the Sr DS with data science product and solution development and deployment. Your capability to swiftly incorporate client feedback into the data science solutions will ensure that the clients stickiness is improved.
2. Driving Profitability: By leveraging the power of data science and statistics you are expected to work with other data scientists to identify areas where we can create data science-based activation or optimization solutions to optimize costs & enhance the performance of campaigns thus making better margins and profitability in comparison to our competitors
3. MiQ Growth: Having a fair understanding of the data science products that are there in the outside market & the ability to leverage data in the MiQ ecosystem to re-create those solutions that can help support MiQs business & tap into new revenue streams to drive growth
4. Support Key Decision-Making: Your knowledge of the data science and statistical analysis approach provides decision-makers with the necessary information to make informed choices. The data science backed solutions help guide agencies advertisers & internal stakeholders in making strategic and tactical decisions that align with the MiQs or clients objectives.
5. Data Scientists Best Practices: As a Data Scientist II you are expected to assist the initiative of introducing machine learning data science & statistics solution backend creation best practices within the team help the team in the deployment of ML algorithms and solutions and bring in quality frameworks within the team & internal stakeholders
6. Developing Custom Analytics Solutions: Leveraging your knowledge of ML solution development you will be expected to provide solutions to vertical-level problems & assist the development of MiQ local products in terms of DS expertise

Whats in it for you

Our Center of Excellence is the very heart of MiQ and its where the magic happens. It means everything you do and everything you create will have a huge impact across our entire global business.
MiQ is incredibly proud to foster a welcoming culture. We do everything possible to make sure everyone feels valued for what they bring. With global teams committed to diversity equity and inclusion were always moving towards becoming an even better place to work.

Values

Our values are so much more than statements. They unite MiQers in every corner of the world. They shape the way we work and the decisions we make. And they inspire us to stay true to ourselves and to aim for better. Our values are there to be embraced by everyone so that we naturally live and breathe them. Just like inclusivity our values flow through everything we do - no matter how big or small.

• We do what we love - Passion
• We figure it out - Determination
• We anticipate the unexpected - Agility
• We always unite - Unite
• We dare to be unconventional - Courage

Benefits

Every region and office have specific perks and benefits but every person joining MiQ can expect:

• A hybrid work environment
• New hire orientation with job specific onboarding and training
• Internal and global mobility opportunities
• Competitive healthcare benefits
• Bonus and performance incentives
• Generous annual PTO paid parental leave with two additional paid days to acknowledge holidays cultural events or inclusion initiatives.
• Employee resource groups designed to connect people across all MiQ regions drive action and support our communities.

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