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Principal Applied Scientist - Auction & Bidding

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-08 → 2026-07-31

Core

Designing, implementing, and analyzing bidding strategies, auction mechanisms, and automation algorithms using optimization, control theory, AI, and machine learning to improve marketplace health and advertiser ROI.

Role type

Principal Applied Scientist (Auction & Bidding)

Builds

Large-scale auction mechanisms, automation algorithms for advertisers, and production systems for marketplace optimization.

Domain

AdTech / Marketplace Economics / Optimization

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

optimization, control theory, advanced statistics, machine learning, causal reasoning, large-scale system design, experiment design, predictive analytics

Preferred skills

Auto-Bidding, Auction Design

Technologies

AI, ML, Statistics, Econometrics

Responsibilities

Designing and prototyping auction mechanisms; overseeing large-scale long-term experiments; developing models for causal reasoning; implementing automation algorithms for advertisers; optimizing the marketplace at large scale.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship

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## About the role - Designing, implementing, and analyzing bidding strategies using techniques from optimization, control theory. - Designing, prototyping, and analyzing different auction mechanisms given specific product area. - Designing and overseeing large-scale, long-term experiments to improve the health of the marketplace using advanced statistics and machine learning. - Designing automation algorithms for advertisers using techniques from AI and ML to improve advertisers' return on investment. - Implementing methods for optimizing the marketplace at the large scale. - Developing models for causal reasoning using techniques from AI, ML, and statistics. ## Requirements - Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) - Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) - Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) - Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 9+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) - Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) - OR equivalent experience. - 8+ years of experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team. - 3 Years of experience in Auto-Bidding or Auction Design.
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