Data Scientist Intern, Ads Performance (6 months Internship)

About Moloco:

Moloco builds some of the most powerful AI advertising solutions in the world. Our name—short for "machine learning company"—reflects our core mission: democratizing access to the advanced AI that has historically been reserved for tech giants. Led by machine learning pioneers who built some of the most successful ad systems at Google, including YouTube's monetization engine and key search advertising technologies, we're transforming how businesses grow and compete in the digital economy.

Built with AI from day one, Moloco’s planet-scale machine learning platform powers a suite of solutions for advertising growth and monetization. Moloco Ads is an AI-powered platform that delivers real business outcomes for mobile app marketers through performance-based user acquisition. Moloco Commerce Media and Streaming Monetization solutions enable retailers, marketplaces, and streaming platforms to build revenue-generating ad businesses that balance user experience and advertiser performance.

Moloco is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Beijing, Singapore, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Tokyo, Shanghai, London, Tel Aviv, and Berlin.

Creating a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion and belonging is core to our existence. To reach our goals, diversity of talent and thought is a critical component of how we operate as an organization. Our workforce is our superpower, and we know that fostering a culture of inclusion, authenticity, and belonging gives us the greatest opportunity to achieve our vision to become the scaling engine for the Internet economy.

Moloco is a truly rewarding place to work and in an exciting period of growth, which you could be a part of. Join us today and apply now!

The Impact You’ll Be Contributing to Moloco:

• The MSM(Moloco Streaming Monetization) Data Science team tackles the most critical problems in the MSM business through a data-driven approach.
• As a data scientist intern, you will drive business growth by identifying opportunities, diagnosing issues, and shaping product direction through analytical thinking and scientific expertise.

The Opportunity:

• Data Analysis and Research: Analyze large-scale ad delivery and performance datasets to extract meaningful insights, separate signal from noise, and uncover opportunities to improve campaign effectiveness and targeting within Moloco’s MSM ecosystem.
• Scientific Approach to Problem Solving: Use data-driven hypotheses and structured analysis to understand system behavior and improve campaign performance and delivery outcomes.
• Experimentation and Causal Inference: developing a robust experiment design and metric framework and providing reliable and unbiased insights for product and business decision-making.

How Do I Know if the Role is Right For Me?

• Able to complete an internship of at least 6 months.
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Statistics, Operations Research, Bioinformatics, Economics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering).
• Distinctive problem-solving skills, good at articulating product questions, pulling data from large datasets, and using statistics to arrive at a recommendation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present information and analyze results effectively.
• Ability to build positive relationships within DSA and with our stakeholders and work effectively with cross-functional partners in a global company.
• Statistics: must have strong knowledge and experience in experimental design, hypothesis testing, and various statistical analysis techniques such as regression or linear models.
• Machine Learning: must have a deep understanding of ML algorithms (i.e., deep learning, random forest, gradient boosted trees, k-means clustering, etc.) and their development, validation, and evaluation.
• Programming: experience with Python, R, or other scripting languages, and database language (e.g., SQL) or data manipulation (e.g., Pandas, Dplyr) are required.

Preferred

• Advanced degree such as Master’s or PhD in a quantitative discipline.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time while paying attention to detail and translating analysis results into business recommendations.
• Proven ability to own projects end-to-end, even when you have to get creative: you do more than complete delegated tasks.
• Demonstrated leadership and self-direction. Willingness to both teach others and learn new techniques.

** This position does not support work-from-home arrangements.

Moloco Thrive: Benefits and Well-Being:  

We take care of you and create the conditions for you to do the best work of your career. Through a lens of inclusion, we offer innovative benefits that empower our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can do the best work of their lives.

Moloco Values: 

• Lead with Humility: Everyone’s voice is respected, valued, and heard. With humility, we become more open and accessible to each other. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success. 
• Uncapped Growth Mindset: We see all situations as opportunities to learn, grow, and improve as individuals and as an organization. We seek diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and promote experimentation to push the boundaries of what’s possible. 
• Create Real Value: We pursue the most impactful opportunities with rigor and integrity. We take intelligent risks and make disciplined trade-offs to maintain deep focus. We help our customers win by delivering durable value. 
• Go Further Together: We’re one team working towards one mission and vision. We collaborate proactively and inclusively, involving the right people at the right time and in the right way. We strive to create a more equitable workplace. We won’t let each other fail. 

Additional Resources: 

• Moloco Company Blog 
• Moloco Leadership
• Moloco Newsroom 

Equal Opportunity: 

Moloco is an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex and gender, gender expression and identity, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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