Principal Engineer, Data Science

<h3>📋 Description</h3> • As a member of the AdSmart Product Engineering Team, the Principal Engineer, Data Science will be directly responsible for data science engineering as part of building out the necessary platform and products for NBCUniversal’s Universal Workstation. • NBCUniversal’s audience management products will enable NBCUniversal to better understand its brand’s audiences such as NBC News, Bravo, The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live, and USA Network as well as audiences that cross brands. • The goal is to ensure we know who is watching what, where and when. • In turn enabling NBCUniversal’s sales teams to properly align our audiences with the market advertisements that can benefit them the most. • You’re a big thinker who can analyze and evangelize a long-range opportunity, architect a groundbreaking solution, and roll-up your sleeves to get code out the door when needed. • You are data driven and analytical. You understand the concept of a value proposition and evaluation criteria, and you know how to align them with low level milestones to get the work done. • You can apply domain knowledge from one technical subject, in order to quickly ramp and deliver on a new one. • You know how to learn from failure until you succeed, and you are able to articulate and quantify the reasons for your decisions. <h3>🎯 Requirements</h3> • Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science or related field • 15+ years of software development experience • 2+ years of experience with linear television or digital advertising technologies. • Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms • Ability to apply data science theory to effectively to advertising & audience data • Fluency in Python modeling • Understanding of statistical concepts • Experience in numerical optimization, natural language processing, forecasting, deep learning, and machine learning techniques. • 8+ years of experience with both relational database design (SQL), non-relational (NoSQL), big data, real-time technologies • Able to easily transition between high-level strategy and day-to-day implementation <h3>🏖️ Benefits</h3> • medical, dental and vision insurance • 401(k) • paid leave • tuition reimbursement • a variety of other discounts and perks