Tential Solutions · 10 hours ago
Data Scientist
Burbank, CA
Contract
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expTential Solutions is seeking a Senior Data Scientist with a strong foundation in predictive modeling, clustering, and statistical analysis. This role involves building production-ready models that forecast content performance and collaborating with business and product teams to drive model adoption and enhance insights.
Human ResourcesInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Build and iterate on predictive models to project content performance
Test different model types (e.g., gradient boosting, regression) and iterate based on accuracy and user interpretability needs
Complete model experiments to validate hypotheses
Proactively identify opportunities to improve performance and contribute to model development roadmap
Use clustering, principal component analysis, and other unsupervised methods to identify patterns in performance drivers and content types
Experiment with GenAI to enrich data (e.g., augmenting metadata tagging or generating synthetic attributes)
Infuse models and model approach with users’ domain expertise and decision-making workflows
Present early model outputs in accessible ways to solicit feedback and identify gaps, overlooked variables, and implicit assumptions from users
Interpret user feedback and adapt model design and underlying data to prioritize interpretability, usability, or explainability where required to build trust and drive adoption
Work with ML Engineers to deploy models in production, including API endpoints, and establish ML pipeline
Contribute to shared libraries and modeling best practices across the data science team
Contribute to design and implementation of new products where data science models will be embedded, built by agile product PODs
Collaborate with data architects, data engineers, and broader platform team to facilitate technical discussions and enrich the data available for data science
Qualification
Required
Proven experience as a Data Scientist
4+ years of experience
Python and common ML library experience
4+ years of experience; (e.g., scikit-learn, XGBoost, pandas)
Familiarity with AWS tools, especially SageMaker, or equivalent cloud-based ML environments
4+ years of experience
Preferred
Experience in media & entertainment industry is a strong advantage but not required
SQL fluency is a plus
Curiosity and capability to work in an experimental stage of development to test hypotheses and adjust approaches to deliver the most value to business users
Experience building predictive models, especially with limited sample sizes
Understanding of clustering and dimensionality reduction techniques
Exposure to generative AI models (e.g., LLMs, diffusion models) and an interest in applying them to real-world data problems
Strong communication skills and the ability to translate data science work into business value as well as translate business user needs into data science
Company
Tential Solutions
We put people first. We’re your trusted partner - empowering you with top talent and solutions to stay competitive in today’s dynamic market.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Shane Ireland
Chief Executive Officer
Quinn Salamandra
Co-Founder
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