Founding Data Scientist

About Almedia

Almedia is a dynamic, rapidly growing Berlin-based startup aiming to revolutionize marketing by rewarding over 70 million users for their engagement with advertisers’ products. Recognized as Europe’s third fastest-growing company in 2025, we aspire to become Germany’s next bootstrapped unicorn by offering innovative user acquisition solutions to major global companies.

Role Overview

We are hiring a Founding Data Scientist to collaborate directly with leadership on pioneering measurement and growth initiatives from the ground up. This role involves handling ambiguous, high-impact questions by developing robust data infrastructure and maintaining full ownership of the solutions created.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead incrementality testing across marketing, product, and rewards channels, managing the process from hypothesis development through to demonstrated business impact.
• Design and build data pipelines and measurement architectures connecting experiments to tangible changes in user behavior, revenue, and attribution models.
• Develop and oversee experimentation strategies focused on growth and product success, emphasizing causal impact over simple statistical significance.
• Manage the entire lifecycle of data products, including planning, designing, implementation, and deployment phases.
• Collaborate closely with C-level executives, engineers, and business units to turn experimental insights into actionable, real-time business decisions.
• Establish scalable frameworks and methodologies for the broader team to adopt.

Required Qualifications

• Strong practical expertise with causal inference and experimental design applied to real business scenarios.
• Experience in building and operationalizing attribution models that provide actionable business insights, beyond model development alone.
• Proven success in solving complex, ambiguous problems end-to-end, from infrastructure creation to production deployment.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL; familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is preferred; experience with contemporary data tooling such as dbt is a plus.
• Background in programmatic advertising, machine learning pricing strategies, or mobile measurement platforms (e.g., MMPs, probabilistic attribution) is advantageous.
• Knowledge of AI and large language model (LLM) technologies is beneficial, especially experience integrating AI tools into data workflows or advancing measurement and personalization through generative and predictive AI techniques.

Desired Attributes

• Entrepreneurial builder mindset with a strong sense of ownership who proactively drives work without waiting for specifications.
• Balances rigor in statistical analysis with pragmatic business focus.
• Automates repetitive tasks to enhance efficiency and reliability.
• Effective communicator capable of translating complex data insights into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary range between €90,000 and €170,000 with equity options and performance bonuses.
• Opportunities for significant impact by leading company-shaping initiatives.
• Join a profitable and rapidly expanding startup at an early stage.
• Work in a vibrant central Berlin office with perks such as transport subsidies, meals, language courses, and Urban Sports Club membership.

Diversity and Inclusion

Almedia is committed to nurturing talent across all levels and backgrounds. We promote diversity and equal opportunity, encouraging applications from individuals regardless of their personal or professional background.