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Online advertising is what allows us to enjoy many online services for free, such as search engines, social networks, and music and video streaming platforms. It is also a growing business, as online time increases for more people and more advertisers want to reach them. The field of computational advertising combines information retrieval, data mining, machine learning, statistical modelling, optimization, linear algebra, and microeconomics to tackle the multitude of problems that can arise and to run operations optimally. We are hiring Data Scientists for the Microsoft Advertising Monetize analytics team and Microsoft Advertising Monetize. This team is responsible for driving overall product analytics, system observability, reporting, and identifying revenue growth opportunities. We use big data from different sources, such as advertisers, publishers, system components, and users, to identify connections between anomalies and conduct investigations, diagnosis, and resolution of issues that may impact the performance of the product, as well as to discover new areas of opportunity. For this role, we are looking for a strong software developer turned data enthusiast who loves to harness the power of data through statistical and quantitative analysis to gain meaningful insights and make key business decisions.
Job Responsibility:
Run analysis to explain behaviour of the products KPIs
Improve dashboards and reporting of the system
Running exploratory analysis to prove / disprove data hypothesis
Improve the system logging in the production code
Finding opportunities for improvements in revenue and other metrics of the system
Strong communication skills and ability to modify presentation as per audience
Requirements:
6+ years of relevant experience
Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering with a strong emphasis on data analytics
Knowledge of at least one programming language: C, C++, C#, or Java
Knowledge of Python and/or R for general coding as well as data analysis
Knowledge in some of the following areas: Machine Learning, Quantitative Analysis, Big Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Regression Modelling, Predictive Modelling, and Analytical Decision-Making
Good verbal and written communication skills
Strong technical competence and analytical skills
Nice to have:
A collaborative team player with curiosity, a growth mindset, and a strong sense of responsibility
Working knowledge of any other cloud service
Demonstrated ability to work in collaborative, cross-functional teams, and contribute to high-quality, maintainable codebases
Proven experience in shipping production-quality code in fast-paced environments
Exposure AI/ML concepts and practical application of AI tools to solve modern engineering challenges