Principal Data Scientist (AdTech)

Location: Mountain View, California, USA

Gross base salary: $243,800–$317,000 USD annually in Zone A; Zone B: $217,000–$282,000; Zone C: $192,100–$249,700.

Company

hirify.global develops a leading game engine and 3D development platform used across games, XR, web, automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare.

What you will do

• Lead analysis of hirify.global's advertising business, including revenue drivers, supply and demand behavior, and growth opportunities.
• Present analysis and recommendations to C-level and executive leaders and influence strategic decisions.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and other cross-functional leaders on product and business strategy.
• Transform large-scale datasets through quantitative analysis, experimentation, and data mining.
• Define success metrics, measure ML and product initiatives, and guide product roadmaps.
• Mentor data scientists and lead high-impact technical initiatives without formal management responsibility.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Economics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong statistical analysis and experimentation experience using Python, R, or equivalent tools on large-scale data and user behavior.
• Deep experience analyzing advertising businesses or two-sided marketplaces.
• Strong understanding of supply, demand, market dynamics, and advertiser behavior in an advertising ecosystem.
• Experience presenting recommendations to executive leaders and influencing decisions at that level.
• Sufficient English proficiency for frequent professional written and verbal communication with worldwide colleagues and partners.

Nice to have

• Experience in AdTech, performance marketing, mobile games, or SaaS marketplace products.
• Hands-on experience with agentic or LLM-based analytics tooling.
• Experience developing, deploying, or analyzing production ML products and models.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, life, disability, retirement, and pension programs, with offerings varying by country and employment status.
• Employee stock ownership and potential eligibility for equity awards and company incentive plans.
• Generous vacation and personal days, parental leave, and family-care programs.
• Mental health support, employee assistance, employee resource groups, and wellbeing programs.
• Training and development programs, volunteering and donation matching, commute subsidy, and office snacks.