Almedia

Founding Data Scientist

Almedia  •  €80k - €200k/yr  •  Berlin, DE (Onsite)  •  28 days ago
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Job Description

This isn’t your regular job. Almedia is a place where those who want to push harder can accelerate their careers faster than anywhere else. We’re aiming to become Germany’s second bootstrapped unicorn. Almedia is already Europe’s #3 fastest-growing company in 2025 (FT1000).

We are building the future of marketing by rewarding our community of over 70 million users for engaging with our advertisers’ products. We are offering a new way to acquire users for the biggest companies in the world.

Founding Data Scientist

We're looking for a Founding Data Scientist to work directly with leadership on zero-to-one measurement and growth problems. This is not a role for maintaining existing systems — it's for someone who can take an ambiguous, high-stakes question and build the data infrastructure to answer it reliably, then own what comes next.

We value people who combine measurement rigour with builder instincts: someone equally comfortable designing a causal experiment and shipping the pipeline that operationalises its output.

What You'll Do

  • Own incrementality testing across marketing, product, and rewards — proving its value from hypothesis to business impact.

  • Build the data pipelines and measurement stack behind it, tying experiments to real shifts in user behaviour, monetisation, and multi-touch attribution.

  • Drive experimentation strategy across growth and product: design, run, and interpret tests with a sharp focus on causal validity — not just p-values.

  • Own data products end-to-end: scoping, architecture, implementation, rollout.

  • Partner with C-level, engineering, and business stakeholders to turn measurement into live operational decisions.

  • Set the frameworks and practices the team can scale on.

What You Need

  • Deep expertise applying causal inference and experimental design in practice, in real business contexts.

  • Hands-on experience building and operationalising attribution models in a real business context — not just running models, but making them useful.

  • Proven zero-to-one experience: ambiguous problem, built the infrastructure, shipped something production-ready.

  • Proficiency in Python and SQL; GCP preferred; comfortable with modern data stack tools (dbt).

  • Experience with programmatic advertising, ML pricing, or mobile measurement — MMPs, probabilistic attribution, or similar — is a strong plus.

You Are

  • A builder with a strong ownership mindset — you don't wait for a spec.

  • Rigorous but pragmatic: the stats matter, but the business question matters more.

  • Someone who, if they have to debug something twice, automates it.

  • A clear communicator — you can translate model outputs into decisions that non-technical stakeholders can act on.

Why Almedia?

  • Own Our Growth: Competitive package with meaningful equity.

  • High Impact: Work on company-defining projects, not tickets in a queue.

  • Scale With Almedia: Join a profitable, high-growth startup early.

  • Great Environment: Central Berlin office, transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and more.

We believe in fostering talent, evaluating all skill levels during the hiring process, and providing a clear path for growth. Almedia is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity, and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.

Almedia

About Almedia

Almedia is the fastest-growing advertising company in Europe according to the Financial Times FT1000. We are building the world’s most intelligent engagement engine, offering mobile developers and retailers the smartest way to invest their ad budget. Our mission is to engineer the future of the user acquisition landscape to deliver exceptional ROAS.

With a growing user base of over 60 million users, our platforms Freecash.com, Prizeplay, and zave.it drive unparalleled returns to over 500 advertisers through our data-driven, Rewarded User Acquisition approach. For the first time, consumers receive rewards purely for interacting with advertising and spending time on products, such as games and apps.

Our gamified reward system motivates users to test games or apps and to continue engaging with them long term. Consumers receive rewards for purchases via cashback, while gamers are rewarded for completing levels with real-money rewards. Through Almedia products, app developers and brands are able to acquire new customers, promote customer loyalty, and strengthen their brand.

With a 4.8* rating from over 200,000 reviews on Trustpilot, Almedia products, notably Freecash, are trusted by advertisers and consumers alike. By taking a data-first approach, applying sophisticated automation algorithms and ensuring synergy across data, product and development departments, we are able to continuously provide an innovative product and ensure superior services and returns.

Get in touch to learn more about how Almedia is reshaping how businesses connect with their audiences via partners@almedia.co

Industry
Marketing & Advertising
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Berlin, DE
Year Founded
2020
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