Senior Data Scientist
Role overview
Want to make a real difference in the mobile industry? Join Unity Aura's cutting-edge data science team as a Senior Data Scientist and be part of the team that personalizes experiences for over 400 million mobile users worldwide.
We're looking for someone who's genuinely excited by machine learning - the kind of person who reads papers because they want to, tinkers with new architectures, and gets satisfaction from seeing a model they built actually move metrics in production.
You'll be on the frontlines of innovation, leading the research, design, implementation, and evaluation of advanced machine learning algorithms. You'll build real-time solutions that personalize the user experience and directly move the product, while contributing to the team capabilities.
Responsibilities
- check_circle Research, train, and deploy state-of-the-art recommender systems using deep learning and GenAI
- check_circle Own projects end-to-end — from business idea through modeling, experimentation, and production deployment — including the parts that involve aligning other people around them
- check_circle Build online, scalable models and serving solutions that leverage massive datasets and reach hundreds of millions of users
- check_circle Apply multimodal and sequence-modeling techniques to real product problems where model improvements translate directly to business impact
- check_circle Lead cross-team initiatives, improve the tooling the team works with every day, and mentor others as you go
- check_circle Collaborate with ML experts, big data engineers, product managers, and developers across the organization to solve complex problems
Basic qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience as a data scientist or applied ML researcher/engineer
- A builder's mindset: you've taken ML projects from idea to production, across domains and problem types, and you care about what ships
- Strong Python and PyTorch skills, with solid grounding in deep learning theory
- Strong analytical skills and product sense — you can frame a business problem and choose the right ML solution for it, not just the fanciest one
- A track record of being the person others come to: you've guided less experienced teammates and driven projects that spanned more than one person
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with applied recommender systems, ranking, or ads/marketplace ML
- Experience with large-scale training and serving (distributed training, low-latency inference)
- Experience with GenAI/LLM applications, embeddings, or multimodal models
- Familiarity with JAX or other ML frameworks beyond PyTorch
Benefits
- check_circle Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
- check_circle Commute subsidy
- check_circle Employee stock ownership
- check_circle Competitive retirement/pension plans
- check_circle Generous vacation and personal days
- check_circle Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs
- check_circle Office food snacks
- check_circle Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
- check_circle Employee Resource Groups
- check_circle Global Employee Assistance Program
- check_circle Training and development programs
- check_circle Volunteering and donation matching program
About the company
Unity [NYSE: U] is the world's leading platform of tools for creators to build and grow real-time games, apps, and experiences across multiple platforms. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, infrastructure experts, filmmakers, and more, use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms, from mobile, PC, and console, to spatial computing.
Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D — closing the gap between ideas and reality. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.
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