Data Scientist

Company Description

About us

Publift is a dynamic Adtech company dedicated to empowering online publishers and websites to maximize their revenue from display ads. We are passionate about driving publisher growth and have an amazing team committed to this mission.

Our innovative product boasts an impressive track record, delivering a remarkable 55% increase in revenue for publishers on average. This transformative impact can be especially profound for small businesses, a fact we take pride in.

Fuelled by recent enhancements in our sales capacity and product development efforts, Publift has experienced a rapid increase in growth. Currently achieving 60% year-over-year growth.

At Publift, we thrive in a lively, fast-paced environment characterized by a flat organizational structure.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey of growth and innovation at Publift.

Whats on offer.

• While our preference is to hire someone based in Sydney, we do have fully remote staff across a number of business functions and are open to hiring
• We’re proud to be recognised as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work®, a Family Friendly Workplace, a WORK180 endorsed employer for women and WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality.
• The support of a highly engaged, high-performing team including a leadership team that you’ll actually have face time with.
• 22 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks paid secondary caregivers leave, six weeks paid gender affirming care leave.
• Monthly whole-of-company events, such as go-karting, VR, etc

Job Description

What you’ll do: 

This is your opportunity to get your hands dirty and build the tools that power our rapidly changing business. 

• Conduct scientific evaluation using statistical methods, including A/B testing and inference.
• Turn rich datasets into actionable insights, and work closely with business stakeholders as these are operationalised.
• Work with other stakeholders to perform deep-dives into broader questions affecting the business, such as long-term revenue trends.
• Help build machine learning models as we increase the personalisation of the product to maximise customer revenue.

Qualifications

What are we looking for?  

This hands-on opportunity will suit a data scientist who can program in Python and has a solid grasp of statistics.

• Proven experience in a data science role or similar.
• Demonstrated expertise in converting rigorous data analyses into practical domain-specific knowledge to support business decision-making.
• Experience in Python including notebook experience (Jupyter) is essential. More extensive experience is highly desirable.
• Tertiary degree in statistics, econometrics, or similar quantitative discipline a bonus.

Additional Information

A few other things we want to let you know about…

• Publift is an equal opportunity employer who prides themselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage everyone of all ages, genders and backgrounds to apply. If you’re a candidate with a disability or you’ll need some adjustments to be at your best, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.
• We believe work satisfaction comes from two things: working in an unbelievably great team and solving customer problems that matter.
• Our flat organisation structure allows us to be nimble and innovative to drive both customer and personal growth.
• We know how important keeping that balance between work/life is and have a range of flexible working options on offer, including part time. We are open to this conversation during our recruitment process if you want to know more just ask!
• We are a proud Circle Back Initiative Employer which means we are committed to responding to every job applicant.
• Successful candidates joining the publift are required to undergo a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights on an ongoing basis.