Data Scientist, Ads

SmartNews

Data Science

Python

About this role

The Data Scientist joins SmartNews’s Ads Data Science team, which develops the advertising ecosystem across JP and US markets. The team applies product analytics, experimentation, and data enablement to improve ad products while protecting the user experience. The role works with Product Managers, Engineers, and Business stakeholders to turn ad strategy into measurable decisions.

The work includes exploratory analysis, impact-size estimation, A/B testing, quasi-experimental evaluation, and causal inference for features that cannot be tested directly. It also covers analytical data pipelines, performance metrics, self-serve dashboards, and recommendations for product roadmaps. Named tools include advanced SQL such as Trino, Hive, and RDS, plus Python or R.

Applicants need advanced SQL, data-analysis programming experience, prior work as an analytics lead with product, engineering, or sales partners, knowledge of online experimentation and statistical modeling, business-level English or higher, and familiarity with online advertising or marketing.

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