Senior / Staff Software Engineer in Data Science

Job Description

Unleash your potential in a place you belong! 

At Paramount Networks International (part of Paramount Global), we have an iconic portfolio of brands, like Paramount Pictures, MTV, Nickelodeon, Channel 5, Comedy Central and many more, reaching more than 3.8 billion subscribers in 180+ countries and territories, via more than 200 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties, in 40 languages.  

Come and join a culture where content, people and ideas merge. An exciting and open place where your talents can truly thrive and where our employees make it unique. You could be the next addition to our incredible team! 

Paramount Tech in Warsaw plays a crucial role in Paramount's global engineering organization. Through our projects, we make sure that millions of users worldwide can enjoy Paramount content through web, mobile, and TV applications.

What we do:

At Paramount, we're revolutionizing the way small and medium businesses advertise on TV and Connected TV (CTV). Our innovative Self Serve Ads Platform empowers businesses of all sizes to create impactful advertising campaigns at ease, reaching audiences through the power of television and streaming.

Currently, we are seeking a talented and experienced Senior/Staff Software Engineer in Data Science to join our team!

As the ''Senior/Staff Software Engineer in Data Science, SMB Advertising'', you will drive the optimization efforts across our TV and Connected TV advertising platforms. You will play an instrumental part in improving attribution models, optimizing ad delivery strategies, enhancing machine learning relevancy scoring algorithms, and improving the performance of TV/CTV advertising that drives discovery, relevancy, and sales.

Key responsibilities for this role will be:
• Develop and implement advanced data models and algorithms to optimize TV/CTV delivery and attribution, including relevance and ranking, and multi-touch/cross-channel attribution,
• Build predictive models to forecast user behavior and campaign outcomes, demonstrating machine learning techniques such as regression, classification, and clustering,
• Design and implement data models and innovative algorithms on high-dimensional, fast-paced, unstructured, and structured data,
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to craft and implement experiments sought at improving advertising delivery and relevancy scoring and ROAS,
• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights related to TV/CTV advertising performance,
• Apply advanced statistical methods to evaluate the efficiency of advertising campaigns and recommendations,
• Develop methodologies to monitor and visualize advertising performance metrics, providing actionable insights to partners,
• Run large-scale statistical A/B testing to evaluate performance of machine learning and statistical models in advertising applications,
• Stay ahead of with industry trends and emerging technologies in TV and CTV advertising, applying new methodologies to drive continuous improvement.

How we work:
• Our teams own ''how'' decisions - we are autonomous regarding the architectural choices, technologies, and approach to providing high-quality solutions; 
• Our Engineers are involved in every stage of SDLC;
• Our divisions are built from various engineers, i.e. Backend, Mobile, DevOps, Test Automation and System Engineers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches;
• Our products are exposed to millions of users globally;
• We focus on test automation and code quality – and we do that by automating whatever is possible!
• The majority of business clients are located in NY or London;
• Every project is run based on Agile principles using Scrum / Kanban.

We are looking for Engineers that:
• Will provide support for less experienced engineers - knowledge sharing and mentoring is important to us;
• Keep up to date with modern web technologies;
• Are curious, with a desire to learn and the ambition to quickly become a self-reliant, top-notch software engineer in data science;
• Want to actively participate in decision-making;
• Enjoy working in a team;
• Easily and openly communicate in English.

And on the technical side, we need:
• Master's degree or equivalent experience or higher in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field,
• Proven experience (5+ years) working as a Data Scientist,
• Preferably, experience in the media or advertising industry,
• Proficiency in programming in Python with experience using data analysis libraries (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn),
• Programming in R will be an advantage,
• Understanding various databases and data warehouse concepts, experience with designing databases, and strong practical knowledge of SQL,
• Expertise in data manipulation, cleaning, and preprocessing techniques, particularly with large-scale datasets,
• Experience with big data technologies and platforms such as Hadoop, Spark, or Hive
• Experience with cloud provider(s): AWS, GCP, and/or OCI,
• Experience with TV/CTV advertising platforms, including knowledge of ad-serving technologies, audience targeting, and campaign optimization,
• Experienced with end-to-end modeling projects emerging from research efforts,
• Deep understanding of machine learning algorithms and techniques, with a focus on relevancy scoring and attribution modeling,
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights,
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work optimally in a multi-functional team environment,
• Self-motivated and proactive, with a passion for using data to get result excellence,
• Plus, if you have experience in online advertising, recommender system, ranking, ecommerce or other areas.

We offer:
• Employment contract;
• Hybrid working model (our office is located near Plac Zbawiciela in Warsaw),
• Multisport card + private medical care;
• Access to e-learning and self-development platforms;
• Office library;
• English and Polish language lessons;
• We participate in and speak at conferences, also join/ run public meet-ups;
• In-house activities: tech talks, hackathons;
• You can use 10% of your working time to pursue your personal development, and side projects;
• Active global inclusion and CSR groups;
• Well located, modern office with lots of amenities – adjustable desks, electronics toolkit, 3D printer ready for you to use, pool table, console, table tennis, massage chair.

Tools:
• MacBook Pro;
• additional monitors;
• IDE: Visual Studio Code, PyCharm;
• Jira, Confluence;
• GitHub;
• Slack, Zoom.

If you are passionate about driving innovation and building scalable advertising solutions, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to lead the development of Paramount's self-serve ads platform. Join us in shaping the future of TV/CTV advertising!

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r13ybv-18-119-131-235-42 in your application.