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Jobs

From: BE
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009
Subject: Fremont, CA: Principal Scientist (groundbreaking online advertising startup) at Offerpal Media

Offerpal Media is the leading social media monetization platform for social applications, online games, virtual worlds, mobile apps, and social publishers. The Offerpal virtual currency solution enables game developers and social publishers to monetize, analyze, and optimize their virtual economies while also growing their distribution. Our full-service payment platform has enabled more than 100 million consumers to purchase virtual currency through direct payment options such as credit cards, micro-transactions, and mobile billing, or earn it by taking part in any of our 4,000+ targeted advertising offers. Offerpal's turnkey monetization platform uses a sophisticated optimization engine and proprietary algorithms to generate publisher revenues at a network-wide average of $80 per day for every 1,000 Daily Active Users.

With headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley, Offerpal has been profitable since shortly after launching in September 2007. We were founded by successful serial entrepreneurs and the management team has deep roots in online advertising, personalization, and optimization technologies. With backing by top-tier venture capital firms D.E. Shaw Investors, Interwest Capital, and Northbridge Venture Partners, we have raised sufficient capital to accelerate growth, more rapidly extend product offerings, and expand into new markets. For more information, visit www.offerpalmedia.com.

Overview

The Principal Scientist will be responsible for designing and developing state-of-the-art, data-driven exploratory system for deriving insights from massive amounts of data. The end results of our work will include software that makes money for our customers and innovations that have the potential for publication.

The Principal Scientist will work as part of a team to process data, code algorithms, conduct experiments and analyze and report results. We are looking for

  • A keen scientific mind with expertise in techniques for extracting insights from massive amounts of data.
  • A Ph.D. in Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence
  • The ability to use object oriented languages such as Java and/or scripting languages to manipulate data; developing and testing algorithms is required
  • We need a self-starter, someone who manages multiple projects simultaneously and drives to completion
  • Flexibility, resourcefulness, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Qualified and Interested Candidates

If this position sounds like a fit with your past experience and future interests -- and you want to be part of the excitement of a rapidly growing business -- we want to hear from you. We have a competitive compensation structure with a generous option plan and very good benefits.

_Contact_:
Please send a resume to careers@offerpal.com.

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