MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or equivalent experience.
3+ years of experience in deploying data science or machine learning solutions in production.
Proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience in data and ML libraries like pandas and scikit-learn.
Experience with large datasets in cloud environments and modern data processing frameworks.
Ability to frame ambiguous business questions into testable data science problems.
Strong analytical skills focused on measurement and data-informed decision-making.
Excellent communication skills for presenting technical topics to diverse audiences.
Product-focused mindset with a bias toward rapid iterative execution.
Responsibilities
Design and implement machine learning and statistical models for identity and measurement capabilities.
Analyze large, messy datasets to extract insights and enhance model performance.
Own end-to-end data science workflows, collaborating closely with Engineering.
Translate technical analyses into clear recommendations for stakeholders.
Define success metrics and build frameworks to evaluate business impact.
Collaborate with Product Management to scope data-driven solutions and validate hypotheses.
Contribute maintainable code and documentation for reproducibility and observability.
Mentor other data scientists and analysts through code reviews and best practices.
Benefits
Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
Opportunities for professional growth and mentorship.
Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies.
Focus on experimentation and scientific rigor in decision-making.
Commitment to ethical data practices and governance.
Full Job Description
You will:
Design, implement, and iterate on production-grade machine learning and statistical models that power core identity, entity resolution, and measurement capabilities.
Analyze and transform large-scale, high-dimensional, and often messy datasets to uncover actionable insights, engineer robust features, and improve model performance and stability.
Own end-to-end data science workflows-from problem framing, data exploration, and modeling through deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement-in close collaboration with Engineering.
Translate complex technical concepts and analysis into clear recommendations and narratives for product, engineering, and go-to-market stakeholders to inform roadmaps and prioritization.
Define and track success metrics, build experimentation and evaluation frameworks, and tests to quantify the business impact of your work.
Partner with Product Management to scope data-driven solutions that address customer needs, validate hypotheses with data, and de-risk new product investments.
Contribute high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable code, documentation, and dashboards that make your work reproducible, observable, and easy to operate.
Mentor and support other data scientists and analysts through code reviews, design sessions, and sharing best practices.
Your team will:
Build and evolve data science capabilities that sit at the heart of LiveRamp's identity and data collaboration products, working closely with engineering teams across the company.
Tackle a diverse portfolio of problems, from improving core matching and graph-based algorithms to powering customer-facing features for targeting, measurement, and analytics.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, customer success, and go-to-market teams to ship solutions that are technically sound, operationally scalable, and aligned with customer needs.
Maintain a culture of experimentation and scientific rigor, using well-designed tests, strong baselines, and clear metrics to guide decisions.
Invest in shared tooling, libraries, and best practices that raise the bar for how data science is done and operationalized across LiveRamp.
About you:
MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
3+ years of experience designing, building, and deploying data science or machine learning solutions in a production environment.
Proficiency in Python and SQL, along with experience using common data and ML libraries and frameworks (for example, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, or similar).
Experience working with large datasets in a cloud environment and with modern data processing frameworks or warehouses (for example, BigQuery).
Demonstrated ability to independently frame ambiguous business or product questions as concrete, testable data science problems.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on clear measurement, experimentation, and data-informed decision-making.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
A product-focused mindset and a strong bias toward iterative execution-you are comfortable moving from idea to prototype to production quickly while incorporating feedback.
Preferred Skills:
Experience with embeddings, representation learning, or large-scale similarity and ranking systems.
Experience with approximate nearest neighbor search, vector databases, or other large-scale vector search technologies.
Experience designing and implementing robust evaluation frameworks and monitoring for ML systems, including offline/online metric alignment and experimentation.
Experience with Google Cloud Platform and its data and ML ecosystem (for example, BigQuery, Dataflow, Vertex AI, or similar).
Familiarity with privacy-preserving data practices and governance, and interest in responsible and ethical use of data.
Experience with identity, entity resolution, or graph-based modeling in advertising, marketing, or adjacent domains. The approximate annual base compensation range is $130,000 to $196,500. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by a number of factors including the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, geography, as well as internal equity among our team.
About LiveRamp
LiveRamp is a data connectivity platform that enables the safe and effective use of data. LiveRamp connects data owners and providers with the people-based marketing platforms that need that data for targeting and measurement. LiveRamp is the largest onboarding company in the world, and its technology serves as the bridge between offline customer data and online advertising.
