CareerPlan

Principal Applied Scientist, FAIM (Full Funnel Agentic Intelligence and Models)

New York, New York, United StatesFull-time$199k–$309k2026-10-20 → 2026-11-10

Core

Building foundational optimization science and agentic AI systems for next-generation advertising, including campaign recommendation, budget allocation, and long-term sales modeling.

Role type

Principal Applied Scientist (Strategy & Hands-on IC)

Builds

Multimodal foundation models, LLM-driven agents, and optimization solutions for advertising workflows.

Domain

Advertising technology, Reinforcement Learning, Optimization Science

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Predictive modeling, algorithm design, Java/C++/Python programming, leading scientific teams, translating ambiguous business needs into technical roadmaps, large-scale experiment design, productionizing models at scale, mentorship

Preferred skills

10+ years experience, novel algorithm creation, advancing state of the art, peer-reviewed publications in premier venues

Technologies

RL Gym, Java, C++, Python

Responsibilities

Define long-term scientific vision for RL Gym training; Invent models for joint budget allocation and incrementality measurement; Take innovations from prototype to production; Design and lead large-scale experiments; Partner with engineering to define technical contracts and serving systems; Raise technical bar through mentorship and design reviews; Grow scientific talent and publish research.

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship