Reports to: Director of Engineering

Location: CDLX is based in ATL, but we are open to candidates in the San Francisco Bay Area

Applied Scientist, Ads Marketplace Engineering will play a key role in designing and implementing the next generation serving platform powering the Cardlytics ad marketplace. You will be part of a team rethinking and redefining ads delivery and optimization at scale, with a direct impact on millions of customers every day. You will need to have a solid grasp of challenges and bring in novel ideas to solve interesting problems in distributed systems, data engineering and machine learning. To be successful in this role, you will need to have prior experience building machine learning models and using data analysis to deliver scalable solutions to business problems. Hands-on experience developing pricing and ranking models for digital advertising platforms will be a plus, including A/B testing and data gathering/statistical analysis to improve on both user engagement and revenue. 

As a Principal Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer, you will:

• Collaborate closely and build rapport with product, research and engineering teams  
• Quickly prototype hypotheses  
• Design and develop a world-class ad decision engine from the ground-up  
• Take full ownership of production deployments while adhering to best practices for CI/CD 
• Influence the technical direction for the team through conviction and experimentation 

You are:

• Skilled and knowledgeable on latest machine learning techniques and advancements 
• Self-critical and constantly striving to accelerate the pace on machine learning 
• Passionate about the ads ecosystem, with willingness to learn about and adopt new concepts  
• Excellent at problem solving through insightful data analysis and logical deduction 
• A strong cross functional team player, working with product and engineering counterparts to design and implement models 
• An effective communicator with a solution-oriented mindset.

You have experience in:

• Digital Media and Ad technology, including ad serving, pricing, ranking and formatting optimizations 
• Prototyping and launching models in a production environment 
• Deep-diving into complex problems and bugs and drawing conclusions logically 
• Agile methodologies and playing key roles in agile teams in product delivery.  
• Successfully collaborating with cross functional teams, executives, and representatives across the stakeholder groups.

We offer:

• $1,200 annual Lifestyle Spending Account - Company funded account that can be used for physical, emotional, and financial wellness!
• Flexible PTO
• Healthcare benefits that go into effect day one
• Employer funded Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Competitive compensation
• Up to $5,250 annually for educational assistance and student debt repayment
• $250 initial home office stipend + $900 annually for communication ($75/month)
• 401k company match (50% of contributions up to 5% of earnings)
• Programs for spot bonuses, referral bonuses, anniversary milestones, mentoring, top performer development, and more!

About Cardlytics

At Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX), we created an industry…but we are just getting started. From idea inception at a kitchen table in Atlanta to now publicly traded on NASDAQ with offices around the world, we are proud of the work we've accomplished and are looking for more smart and creative minds to join us on our mission.

By using data for good, we connect brands with real people through their banks' digital channels (think: online and mobile apps). And when we make these connections, everyone wins - brands drive more sales, banks drive more loyalty, and people receive more cash back. It's that simple.

So how exactly does it work? Through our partnerships with financial services companies like Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Venmo, we have insights into one out of every two card swipes in the U.S. This equates to roughly $3.1 trillion in annual purchase spend from more than 161 million bank customers.

Respecting this complete view of the consumer, we can create mutually beneficial relationships between those consumers and their favorite brands and financial services partners. These are relationships that otherwise would not have happened without our help. It's our advanced targeting that drives advertising performance - because performance matters, and it's our superpower.

Are you ready to become a shareholder and join a team filled with creatives and data scientists, consultants, and artists, to help redefine marketing?

We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and leveraging our unique perspectives to grow our company to new heights, while ensuring Cardlytics is a great place where great people want to be.