Netflix
Machine Learning Scientist 5 - Ads Demand Science
Remote, United States · Full-time
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About the role
- The Demand Science team within Ads Data Science & Engineering plays a crucial role in Netflix Ads growth by equipping the business to efficiently attract, activate, and scale advertiser demand.
- As a machine learning scientist in Media Planning, you'll work across the ML models and AI agents that turn advertiser briefs into optimized, ready-to-buy media plans.
Responsibilities
- Design and ship production ML models and conversational AI agents that parse advertiser requests and help sellers plan and compare media plan options.
- Build and evolve the systems that evaluate and improve agent and model decision quality over time.
- Partner with scientists and engineers across the media planning recommendation and agent workstreams to ship and iterate on new capabilities.
- Dig into ambiguous problems, propose approaches, and drive them from idea to production.
Nice to have
- Experience with operations research.
- Experience with AI engineering or agentic systems.
- Advanced degree (PhD or Master's) in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
- Curious and motivated to learn across ML domains, not attached to a single specialty.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, able to take ownership with minimal oversight.
- Proficient in Python and SQL.
- Enthusiastic about and compatible with Netflix culture.
- we do not have bonuses.
Compensation
- $466k-$750k
Company info
- At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world.
- Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality.
- We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology.
- Come be a part of what's next.
- We're looking for a generalist who's curious, motivated to learn, and eager to build alongside the rest of the team, not someone who's already settled into one corner of ML.
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