Research Scientist - Economist - Rokt

We are Rokt, a hyper-growth ecommerce leader. We enable companies to unlock value by making each transaction relevant at the moment that matters most, when customers are buying. Together, Rokt's AI-based relevance Platform and scaled ecommerce network powers billions of transactions. In December 2022, Rokt’s valuation increased to $2.4 billion USD, allowing us to expand rapidly across 15 countries.

At Rokt, we practice transparency in career paths and compensation. 

At Rokt, we believe in transparency, which is why we have a well-defined career ladder with transparent compensation and clear career paths based on competency and ability. Rokt’stars constantly strive to raise the bar, pushing the envelope of what is possible.

We are looking for a Research Scientist - Economist

Compensation: $230,000 - $350,000 salary (including superannuation), employee equity plan grant & world class benefits.

Requirements

About the role

As the first Research Scientist - Economist at Rokt, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our economic strategies, impacting marketplace policies, auction logic, and machine learning (ML) model development. In this high-visibility position, you'll lead the creation of a network model that significantly influences the optimization of our internal economy, benefiting advertisers, eCommerce partners, and customers alike. Working alongside a dynamic team of over 200 engineers, your role involves analyzing network dynamics and advertising performance, offering insights to enhance both, and refining our auction models. Your analytical skills, strategic thinking, and pragmatic decision-making will drive key improvements in our fast-paced, evolving marketplace

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize economic models and auction logic to simulate and enhance Rokt network dynamics
• Advertising Success: Analyze key factors affecting advertising effectiveness, and provide clear, practical advice to help more advertisers achieve success within the Rokt network.
• Collaborate with ML teams and provide strategic input to optimize long-term network value for partners and customers

Skills and Education:

• Skills: PhD in Economics or related field, with expertise in economic modeling and proficiency in SQL, R, or Python
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to work with imperfect data

Experience:

• Demonstrated experience in the Advertising industry, with a deep understanding of economic principles applicable to open networks and walled garden networks. In absence of experience in the Advertising industry, experience in ECommerce is a minimum.Proven track record of influencing the development of ML models
• Direct experience in environments leveraging automated auction logic

Behavioral Traits:

• Seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent technical communication skills, able to effectively collaborate with software and ML engineers and present strategies to executive stakeholders.
• A pragmatic approach, able to blend rigorous analysis with the realities of a fast-evolving company and environment

Benefits

About Rokt’stars:

As a mission-driven, hyper-growth community of curious explorers, our ambition is to unlock the full potential in ecommerce and beyond. Our bias for action means we are not afraid to quickly venture into uncharted territories, take risks or challenge the status quo; in doing so we either win or learn. We work together as one aligned team never letting egos get in the way of brilliant ideas. We value diversity, transparency and smart humble people who enjoy building a disruptive business together. We pride ourselves on being a force for good as we make the world better. 

About The Benefits:

We leverage best-in-class technology and market-leading innovation in AI and ML, with all of that being underlined by building and maintaining a fantastic and inclusive culture where people can be their authentic selves, and offering a great list of perks and benefits to go with it:

• Accelerate your career. We offer roadmaps to leadership and an annual $5000 training allowance
• Become a shareholder. Every Rokt’star gets equity in the company
• Enjoy catered lunch every day and healthy snacks in the office. Plus join the gym on us! 
• Access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance for your entire family!
• Dog-friendly office
• Extra leave (bonus annual leave, sabbatical leave etc.) 
• Work with the greatest talent in town
• See the world! We have offices in New York, Seattle, Sydney, Tokyo and London

We believe we’re better together. We love spending time together and are in the office most days (teams are in the office 4 days per week). We also get that you need to balance your life and your commitments so you have the flexibility to manage your own hours and can spend up to a week of every quarter working from anywhere.

If this sounds like a role you’d enjoy, apply here and you’ll hear from our recruiting team.