Apple

Senior Product Data Scientist, Media Services

Apple$150K — $180K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field
  • 7+ years experience in data analysis using Python and SQL
  • 7+ years experience applying statistical methods to business problems
  • Experience in scaling experimentation platforms and hypothesis testing
  • Expertise in causal inference techniques
  • Track record of building ML models that influence business outcomes
  • Ability to set technical direction and influence cross-functional teams
  • Strong communication skills for translating technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

  • Own data-driven strategy for Apple Media Services
  • Deliver scalable ML and experimentation solutions
  • Collaborate with Business, Marketing, Product, Content, and Engineering partners
  • Drive customer and business value through data insights
  • Innovate approaches for handling unique datasets and customer privacy issues
  • Architect and scale experimentation platforms
  • Translate complex data findings into actionable strategies

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with large and rich datasets
  • Collaborative work environment across diverse teams
  • Insightful exposure to media and entertainment industries
  • Focus on customer privacy in data strategy
  • Chance to influence significant product outcomes through data science
Full Job Description
Description

Our team is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to own and drive data-driven strategy and deliver scalable ML and experimentation solutions for Apple Media Services like Apple Music, Apple TV, Podcasts, Fitness+, and more. As a key member of our diverse and multi-faceted organization, you will have the rare and exciting opportunity to work with datasets of unique magnitude, richness, and dedication to customer privacy that will frequently require innovative approaches. You will work collaboratively with partners across Business, Marketing, Product, Content, and Engineering daily to deliver material customer and business value.

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field
• 7+ years experience extracting insights from large datasets, employing programming languages including Python and SQL
• 7+ years experience employing statistical methods to tackle business problems related to classification, segmentation, forecasting, and customer lifetime value
• Demonstrated experience architecting and scaling experimentation platforms, including hypothesis testing, metric tracking, and experimentation strategy
• Strong expertise in causal inference methods including synthetic control, diff-in-diff, propensity score matching, and regression discontinuity design
• Proven track record of building and deploying ML models that directly drive business decisions and product outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and influence cross-functional roadmaps at a senior level
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications
• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field
• Experience productionizing ML models in collaboration with engineering teams
• Experience with LLMs and GenAI applications in a production or customer-facing context
• Experience with distributed computing frameworks like Spark
• Experience in media or entertainment industry
• Passion for film, television, and/or music domains

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Apple Careers

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Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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