Junior Data Scientist
Core
Junior Data Scientist supporting the Activation arm of WPP Open Intelligence to build foundational data infrastructure and high-performance edge services for the AdTech industry.
Role type
Junior IC data scientist (AdTech infrastructure)
Builds
Privacy-preserving data products, scalable targeting capabilities, and robust data infrastructure for global media spend.
Domain
AdTech, Media Intelligence, Data Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Python or R, SQL, statistics, machine learning concepts, data cleaning and aggregation, visualization and storytelling, Git, basic testing/validation
Preferred skills
AdTech/MarTech data familiarity, experiment design and A/B testing, MLOps concepts, cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure), monorepo experience, data privacy awareness
Technologies
Python, R, SQL, Git, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, ggplot, GCP, AWS, Azure
Responsibilities
Perform exploratory analysis and reproducible data science work under guidance; define questions and validate assumptions; support building and evaluating models; contribute to data quality checks and feature understanding; investigate metric or model anomalies; communicate findings to stakeholders.
Seniority
Junior, hands-on IC with mentorship
