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Senior Data Scientist - Marketing (Hybrid)

Chicago💼 Full-time💰 $96,000–$125,000🗓 2026-09-08 → 2026-09-27

Core

Build and maintain machine learning models for value-based bidding (VBB) to optimize digital marketing spend and customer lifetime value across paid media channels.

Role type

Senior IC data scientist (marketing optimization)

Builds

Automated systems for real-time bidding and value estimation integrated with Google Ads and Meta

Domain

Financial technology / Digital marketing / Adtech

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, SQL, machine learning, applied statistics, relational databases, experiment design (holdouts, geo tests), funnel analytics

Preferred skills

digital marketing/martech, finance/lending domain, production model deployment, automated data pipelines

Technologies

Google Ads, Meta, conversion APIs, server-side integrations

Responsibilities

Build and validate ML models for customer lifetime value estimation at early funnel stages; Design and implement automated systems to pass value estimates to ad platforms; Partner with Pricing & Profitability teams to align value models; Design and analyze experiments to measure bidding efficiency; Act as a data science partner for budget allocation and channel optimization; Communicate insights to leadership.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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