Staff Data Scientist

The opportunity
At Unity we foster a culture of collaboration and our fast-paced environment we tackle complex challenges that create real impact for creators and users across our ecosystem.

Our Ads Data Science team supports product and business success by transforming large-scale data into actionable insights defining success metrics guiding product decisions and measuring partnership with PM Engineering Sales and Finance the team informs every stage of the product lifecycle - from identifying opportunities to evaluating performance and shaping long-term strategy across supply demand and customer insights.

As a founding Data Scientist on this team you will have strong ownership to company revenue growth and overall business success and work across multiple areas within Ads including Vector initiatives supply-side analytics and Sales insights. Youll establish a product analytics culture take ownership of high-impact ML products and define how data drives decisions.

If youre excited about turning data into insights driving real impact and contributing to Unitys mission this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference.

What youll be doing

• Collaborate closely with PM Engineering Sales and other cross-functional leaders to inform strategy and support decisions across our Ads group.
• Transform large-scale datasets into actionable insights using quantitative analysis experimentation and data mining to support product and business success.
• Define success metrics track performance and measure the impact of ML and product initiatives.
• Guide product decisions by uncovering trends identifying opportunities providing data-driven recommendations and driving product roadmaps.
• Serve as a subject matter expert translating business questions into analytical work that drives decisions and identifies process improvements.

What were looking for

• Advanced degree (MS or Ph.D.) in Computer Science Machine Learning Statistics Mathematics related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in statistical analysis and experimentation using Python R or equivalent with strong skills in quantitative problem solving and understanding user behaviors and ecosystems.
• Strong experience transforming large-scale data into actionable insights
• Bias for action curiosity and proactiveness with the ability to break down ambiguous problems and explore patterns.
• Resilient and adaptable navigating uncertainty and learning from setbacks with an optimistic solution-focused approach grounded in first-principles thinking.

You might also have

• Experience in AdTech performance marketing mobile games industry or SaaS (marketplace) products is a plus.
• Hands-on experience developing deploying or analyzing ML products and models in a production environment.

Additional information

• International relocation support is not available for this position

Life at Unity
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support employees well-being and work-life balance. You can read more about them on our career page.

Unity NYSE: U is the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences. Creators ranging from game developers to artists architects automotive designers infrastructure experts filmmakers and more use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms from mobile PC and console to spatial computing.

As of the third quarter of 2024 more than 70% of the top 1000 mobile games were made with Unity and in 2024 Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information please visit Unity.

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