Junior Data Scientist
Core
Junior Data Scientist supporting the Activation arm of WPP Open Intelligence to build foundational data infrastructure and high-performance edge services for the AdTech industry.
Role type
Junior IC data scientist (AdTech infrastructure)
Builds
Privacy-preserving data products, scalable targeting capabilities, and robust data infrastructure for global media spend.
Domain
AdTech, Media Intelligence, Data Infrastructure
Required skills
Python or R, SQL, statistics, machine learning concepts, data cleaning and aggregation, visualization and storytelling, Git, basic testing/validation
Preferred skills
AdTech/MarTech data familiarity, experiment design and A/B testing, MLOps concepts, cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure), monorepo experience, data privacy awareness
Technologies
Python, R, SQL, Git, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, ggplot, GCP, AWS, Azure
Responsibilities
Perform exploratory analysis and reproducible data science work under guidance; define questions and validate assumptions; support building and evaluating models; contribute to data quality checks and feature understanding; investigate metric or model anomalies; communicate findings to stakeholders.
Seniority
Junior, hands-on IC with mentorship
