The massive scale and heavy engagement of the people using our products make the Meta ads platform the most powerful growth vehicle for businesses in the world. The team is driving advancements in ad auction and ad delivery research, developing/vetting advanced advertising tactics, and bootstrapping new products that meet large but nuanced use cases of complex advertisers. In this role, you will delve into the multifaceted ad ranking product stack, employing advanced modeling, and machine learning to unravel the complexities of modern advertising. You must also be able to work with external marketers as this role will give you the opportunity to meet with the most sophisticated advertisers to understand their pain points, build product intuition, and drive nuanced understanding externally. By deeply understanding our ads products and advertiser use cases you will discover novel problems and regularly drive meaningful business impact. The team is made up of data scientists with a diverse set of backgrounds. Specifically, we have team members with various levels of academic attainment (Bachelor's, Master's and PhD), work experience, and professional backgrounds. The ideal candidate for this position is a versatile data scientist that excels in machine learning, statistical inference, data visualization, data analysis, and writing code. They should be excited to learn a complicated new technical domain and deploy a data science skill set to challenge core assumptions about that domain. They must have solid product intuition and be willing to talk to customers to develop and challenge that intuition. They will have a proven track record of analyzing and deriving insights from data. They will be intellectually curious, a great communicator, data-driven, a fast learner, and able to move fast while keeping focused on high-impact projects. As this team is fundamentally focused on R&D, the candidate must be comfortable with ambiguity and answering broad research questions.