Director, Applied Science - Ad Optimization & ML Systems
Viant
San Francisco, CA · $225k–$275k a year · Posted November 1, 2026
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WHAT YOU'LL DOThe Machine Learning team at Viant builds the real-time decisioning systems that power programmatic advertising — models that... ...across billions of auctions.We're looking for an experienced Director of Applied Science to own this technical domain end to end: the...