Staff Data Scientist

Tubi
Summary
Join Tubi as a Staff Data Scientist and become a thought leader, driving innovation and solving complex problems across various domains. You will leverage your expertise to influence strategic decisions through data-driven insights and experimentation. This role requires deep technical skills, an inventive mindset, and the ability to drive change at scale. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor other data scientists, and identify emerging trends in data science. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in data science, preferably in consumer technology or media, and an advanced degree in a quantitative field. Tubi offers a flexible time off policy, a generous parental leave program, and a monthly wellness reimbursement.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data science, ideally in a consumer technology or media company
- Expertise in at least one of the following domains: econometrics, optimization, statistics, causal inference, machine learning, or reinforcement learning
- Expert proficiency in SQL, Python, and Spark, with hands-on experience managing and analyzing large-scale, event-level data
- Extensive experience designing and analyzing controlled experiments and observational studies
- Proven track record of independently leading projects that deliver measurable impact at scale
- Exceptional ability to communicate complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership
- Advanced degree (PhD preferred) in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Physics, Operations Research, or similar
- Experience in video streaming, entertainment, or ad-supported media
Responsibilities
- Define and lead high-impact data science initiatives that influence long-term company strategy and cross-functional priorities
- Develop novel algorithms and machine learning models in areas such as personalization efficiency, content valuation, and portfolio optimization
- Design, execute, and interpret sophisticated experiments and causal inference studies to measure impact and guide decision-making
- Serve as a technical advisor and mentor to data scientists, engineers, and product leaders; drive best practices in experimentation, modeling, and decision science
- Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Content, Studio, and Executive teams to embed data into every level of decision-making
- Collaborate with Data Engineering and ML Ops to improve data pipelines, feature engineering, and automation across experimentation workflows
- Identify emerging methods, tools, and external trends that could reshape how we use data science across the organization
Benefits
- For all salaried/exempt employees, in lieu of the FOX Vacation policy, Tubi offers a Flexible Time off Policy to manage all personal matters
- For all full-time, regular employees, in lieu of FOX Paid Parental Leave, Tubi offers a generous Parental Leave Program, which allows parents twelve (12) weeks of paid bonding leave within the first year of birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster placement of a child in addition to applicable government leave program(s) and FOXβs short-term disability policy. This time is 100% paid through a combination of any applicable state, city, and federal leaves and wage-replacement programs in addition to contributions made by Tubi
- For all full-time, regular employees, Tubi offers a monthly wellness reimbursement