Data Scientist, Search Science (Ads)

Summit Health

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Data Scientist on the Search Science team, you will focus on improving sponsored search capabilities to help grow ad revenue, a key business priority. Longer term, you will help evolve toward a unified ranking system that balances relevance, monetization, and customer retention. You will work alongside Senior Scientists and ML Engineers who will mentor you and help you grow. As a Data Scientist you will help improve the relevance and ranking of sponsored products to increase ad revenue while maintaining a great customer experience. You will conduct data analysis to identify areas for improvement across search and ads and build dashboards, run exploratory analyses, and present insights to stakeholders to inform product and strategy decisions. Contribute to models that balance organic relevance with ad monetization. Help implement and test ranking improvements using established ML techniques.

Requirements

• Degree in a STEM field (Computer Science, Statistics, etc.) with coursework or projects in machine learning
• 1–3 years of experience applying data science or machine learning to real-world problems (internships count)
• Strong coding skills in Python and SQL
• Familiarity with ML frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow) and their application to ranking, recommendations, or NLP
• Understanding of ranking concepts and experience with feature engineering
• Comfort working with large datasets and drawing actionable insights from data

Responsibilities

• Improve the relevance and ranking of sponsored products to increase ad revenue while maintaining a great customer experience.
• Conduct data analysis to identify areas for improvement across search and ads
• Build dashboards, run exploratory analyses, and present insights to stakeholders to inform product and strategy decisions.
• Contribute to models that balance organic relevance with ad monetization.
• Help implement and test ranking improvements using established ML techniques.

Benefits

• Employees (and eligible family members) are covered by medical, dental, vision and more.
• Employees may enroll in our company’s 401k plan.
• Employees will also be eligible to receive discretionary vacation for exempt team members, paid holidays throughout the calendar year and paid sick leave.
• Other compensation includes eligibility for an annual bonus and the potential for restricted stock units based on role.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level