Principal Engineer Consultant in Adtech - Data Science & AI Department

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong data-stringify-type="bold">About Teads</strong></p> <p><br>Teads is a leading omnichannel advertising platform focused on driving outcomes for brand and performance advertisers across screens. With a focus on meaningful business outcomes for branding and performance objectives, Teads drives value by leveraging predictive AI technology to connect quality media, beautiful brand creative, and context-driven addressability and measurement. Teads is directly partnered with more than 10,000 publishers and 20,000 advertisers globally. The company is headquartered in New York, New York with a global team of around 1,700 people in 30+ countries.</p> <p>For more information, visit <a href="https://www.teads.com">www.teads.com.</a></p></div><div> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the opportunity&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are seeking a <strong>Principal Engineer Consultant for our Data Science &amp; AI department,</strong> with <strong>deep experience in the advertising industry,</strong> to join a team of passionate engineers who build advertising solutions at world scale. We build and operate large-scale distributed machine learning systems that make 1B predictions per second during real-time auctions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Principal position at Teads represents the highest level of seniority on the IC ladder. They are tackling cross-functional, strategical, and pivotal initiatives, prioritizing robust engineering choices. Principals are working closely with the Leadership, Product and Engineering teams, all while fostering a culture of excellence.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What will you do?</strong></span></p> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.2;"> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.2;"> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.2;"> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.2;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a <strong>Principal Engineer</strong> in our Data Science &amp; AI Department your mission will be to:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Stay on top of the state-of-the-art science and technology of large scale advertising systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Areas of interest are models for CTR and CVR, foundation models for recommendation systems, on-line learning, cold start, embeddings for users, ads and similar,ad matching and ranking, pacing and optimal bidding, auction design, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work with teams of data scientists and machine learning engineers to identify investment opportunities</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Help the teams across the organization in implementing the solutions as an advisor</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On projects you choose you will be a part of the implementation team where you will be expected to participate in bringing them projects to the production environment</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work with product managers to find data science and AI projects with best cost/benefit risk/reward ratios</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Spend time experimenting with new approaches by yourself</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Follow industrial and academic research, occasionally publish at conferences</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What will you bring to the team?</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Deep experience of the ad tech industry use of AI and data science</strong></span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong communication skills, working collaboratively with the team, able to teach concepts, and communicate complicated topics to expert audiences</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong problem solving skills, and ability to align teams on solutions</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">True scientist skills: fast learner, curious, sense of details, rigorous</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience in Statistics (i.e. statistical analysis, regression analysis, …) and/or Artificial Intelligence (i.e. Data Mining, Machine Learning, …)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ability to read scientific articles, to analyze critically, and to implement as appropriate</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Good taste in architecture of AI systems</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The team</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The AI department currently consists of 50 people who are a mix of data scientists, machine learning and backend engineers</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your peers will all have deep experience from on-line ad systems from Teads and previous companies. We are staying at the bleeding edge of research and technology</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The department provides technologies that power outcomes of campaigns with a total yearly turn over of $1.7B</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Runs large scale prediction and control systems for ad delivery, dealing with millions of live ads, doing more than a billion predictions per second based on large on-line trained models being updated every 5 minutes</span></li> </ul> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">#Li-hybrid</span></div> </div> </div> </div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>Life at Teads</strong></p> <p>At Teads, we don’t just offer new roles - we blend creativity, technology, and data to shape the future of media. You’ll work with smart humans, meaningful brands, and cool tools, all while helping redefine how advertising works in a world that demands more transparency, better insights, and smarter strategies.</p> <p>As a Teadster, you’ll play a critical role in shaping our future success in the region. Here’s why Teads stands out:</p> <ul> <li>We've merged two open internet category leaders—Outbrain and Teads—to create the ‘new’ Teads, a unified omnichannel platform that drives results from branding to performance across all screens, including CTV, mobile, and web.</li> <li>As part of our team, you’ll thrive in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment that fosters innovation, creative problem-solving, and continuous learning.</li> <li>Teads is committed to your success, offering the support, tools, and development opportunities you need to excel in your role.</li> </ul> <p>Our company culture is welcoming, dynamic, diverse, global, and built on top performance.</p> <p>Teads is an equal employment opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment.</p> <p>Our team is made up of individuals who are approachable, resourceful, passionate, and proactive. We foster a sense of belonging through our Employee Resource Groups – employee-led groups in which we debate topics and drive change: environmental, women empowerment, charitable initiatives to diversity, equity, and inclusion, you’ll be able to share your passions with likeminded people.</p></div>