Data Scientist – Analytics

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AppLovin is hiring a Data Scientist – Analytics to work with petabyte-scale datasets from their ad and app ecosystem. The role involves building analytics tools, monitoring systems, and reporting pipelines to track product, business, and model performance. Responsibilities include developing scalable analytics pipelines, defining KPIs, analyzing large datasets for trends and growth opportunities, supporting model evaluation, designing A/B tests, and collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, 0-3 years of experience in data analytics or data science, proficiency in SQL and Python, and a foundational understanding of statistics and modeling. Preferred qualifications include a master's degree, experience with BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Superset, Metabase), cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake), workflow orchestration (Airflow), and knowledge of digital advertising metrics. Benefits include equity eligibility, medical/dental/vision/life/disability insurance, 401(k), unlimited discretionary time off, paid holidays, and paid sick leave. The position is full-time and on-site in Palo Alto, California. Salary range is $120,000 to $180,000 USD.