StubHub · 3 days ago
Staff Data Scientist - Acquisition
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$300K/yr - $350K/yr
8+ years expStubHub is on a mission to redefine the live event experience on a global scale. They are seeking a Staff Data Scientist to lead the science and systems that power their paid search marketing, focusing on causal measurement and model development to drive profitable growth.
E-CommerceMarketplaceTicketing
Responsibilities
Own causal measurement for paid search: Stand up uplift/incrementality frameworks (e.g., doubly robust learners, causal forests, DML, IVs, synthetic control, DiD, BSTS) to quantify lift beyond correlation
Ship production models: Build and serve models that inform bids, budgets, and query-level targeting using signals like incremental CPA, tROAS, LTV, and heterogenous treatment effects
Design experiments & guardrails: Architect geo/cell tests and online experiments; handle power analysis, pre-trend checks, SUTVA threats, SRM detection, and sequential monitoring
Integrate with ad platforms: Translate science into APIs/feeds for Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, and SA360; validate against auction dynamics and Quality Score mechanics
Data & MLOps leadership: Partner with platform teams to instrument events, build reliable feature stores and ETL (batch/stream), and establish monitoring for drift, bias, leakage, and attribution sanity
Mentor & influence: Provide technical leadership across science, engineering, and marketing; set standards for methodology, code quality, documentation, and reproducibility
Tell the story: Communicate trade-offs and impact to execs and non-technical partners; make the complex understandable and actionable
Qualification
Required
8+ years in applied ML/causal inference (or equivalent) with direct paid search/auction experience
Expert in causal methods (uplift modeling, DML, IV, DiD/synth control, BSTS/Bayesian time series) and experimental design
Strong software engineering: Python (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, LightGBM/XGBoost), SQL; experience with Spark and one of AWS/GCP/Azure
Hands-on with A/B frameworks, power analysis, and measurement diagnostics (SRM, balance, interference)
Proven track record integrating with Google Ads/Microsoft Ads/SA360 and moving the needle on tROAS, CPA, LTV
Clear communicator who can mentor senior ICs and partner with product/marketing
Preferred
Strong experience with SEM optimization and bidding, particularly from the ad-buyer side
Recsys, bandits/RL for bidding/budget pacing, MMM and privacy-aware attribution
Scala/Java or microservices experience; Airflow/DBT; Kafka/PubSub; Feast or similar feature stores
Domain knowledge of auction theory, query taxonomy, brand vs. non-brand dynamics, and budget rebalancing
Benefits
401k
Premium Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance options
Company
StubHub
StubHub is a ticket marketplace where users buy and sell tickets for sports, concerts, theater, and live events. It is a sub-organization of eBay.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$59.23MKey Investors
ViagogoStephens GroupBEA Systems
2025-09-17IPO
2021-12-23Series Unknown· $39.63M
2021-09-08Acquired
Leadership Team
Connie James
Chief Financial Officer
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