Nexxen
Data Scientist
New York, NY · Senior · Full-time
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$12,994 more — $172,994 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $172,994 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Data Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Data Scientists (15-2051) · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Analyze large-scale behavioral and performance data using Spark (Scala/PySpark), SQL, and Python.
- Deep dive into complex, legacy codebases
- you should be comfortable navigating and improving existing systems.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other data scientists to define problems and deliver end-to-end solutions.
Requirements
- Each day can be different here at Nexxen, but some of the things you can expect to be doing daily are:
- Nexxen, but some of the things you can expect to be doing daily are:
Nice to have
- Comfortable navigating large, complex legacy codebases and proposing changes to production systems.
Skills
- Strong programming skills in Python, and SQL.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills - able to synthesize technical findings into clear, actionable insights.
Compensation
- Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location.
Benefits
- In support of pay transparency and equity, the minimum and maximum full-time annual base salary for this role is $160,000 - $200,000 the time of posting, with the potential of an incentive or bonus.
- We offer a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, parental leave, unlimited vacation, and company-paid holidays.
- Design, implement, evaluate and help deploy machine learning models for bidding, pacing, KPI prediction (Click, Action, Viewability etc.) and Forecasting.
Company info
- We are aware of the growing number of online scams and fraudulent job postings, and we urge all job seekers to remain vigilant.
- We're looking for a self-directed, analytical, and curious Data Scientist II with 5+ years of hands-on experience to join our team working on the core optimization and bidding logic of the Nexxen Demand-Side Platform (DSP).
- At Nexxen, we care about the well-being of our current and future employees.
This listing is sourced directly from Nexxen's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.