Quick summary
- Work type
- Remote
- Location
- Remote
- Salary
- $372,000–$600,000 / yr
- Posted
- 143 days ago
- Freshness
- Confirmed live yesterday
Market check
Salary context
How this pay compares to similar roles
This role pays more than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $164,550–$260,450 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $486k versus about $212k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Netflix
Netflix is the world''s leading streaming entertainment service, offering a vast library of TV series, films, documentaries, and original content to subscribers in over 190 countries. Industry: Streaming Entertainment & Media
Netflix currently has 28 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $440,000–$750,000 across 27 roles with salary data.
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At a glance
TL;DR · Data Scientist V, Ads Experimentation
Data Scientist 5 - Ads Experimentation joins the Ads Data Science & Engineering team to build foundational logic for the ads business. This role involves designing and executing rigorous experimental frameworks, transitioning manual analyses into automated solutions on the Netflix Experimentation Platform. The individual will develop strategies for biddable media models, dynamically priced auctions, and marketplace mechanics while solving cold-start measurement challenges during global expansion. Key responsibilities include acting as a consultant to product and engineering teams to identify research opportunities and quantify business impact. The role requires expertise in causal inference, machine learning, and data exploration. Candidates must possess an advanced quantitative background, mastery of auction dynamics or yield management, and proficiency in Python, R, and SQL. The work focuses on the transition from a nascent offering to a sophisticated global marketplace for advertisers.
What does a Data Scientist earn in Remote?
Median $217225 from 40 postings across 18 companies.
Skills
What you'll do
- Design and execute rigorous experimental frameworks to automate analysis and ensure trustworthy decision-making at scale.
- Develop strategies to optimize marketplace mechanics, including biddable media models and dynamically priced auctions.
- Solve "cold-start" measurement challenges to scale the ad platform across diverse international markets.
- Identify research opportunities and quantify their potential business impact to advocate for resource allocation.
- Deliver end-to-end solutions using advanced causal inference, machine learning, and data exploration.
- Translate complex statistical results into actionable business narratives for cross-functional stakeholders.
- Maintain high standards for documentation and reproducibility across all technical outputs.
What we're looking for
- MS or PhD in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Economics, or Mathematics is required, or equivalent practical experience.
- Significant experience with auction dynamics, yield management, or supply-demand matching within a marketplace setting is required.
- Mastery of causal inference and experimental design is required.
- Experience solving for interference and network effects in marketplace environments is required.
- Expert proficiency in Python or R is required.
- Advanced SQL skills are required.
- Ability to translate complex statistical results into actionable business narratives for stakeholders at all levels is required.
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