Senior Data Analyst

Job Description:

Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a global technology and data company that builds verification, optimization, and analytics solutions for the advertising industry, and we're looking for a Data Analyst. As part of the IAS Threat Lab you’ll investigate digital advertising threats by driving research initiatives that shape industry best practices, with continuous monitoring to capture emerging trends. This role and team will have extensive interaction with large data sets (we monitor hundreds of thousands of transactions per second and collect tens of billions of events each day).

What you’ll get to do:

Threat Monitoring & Analysis:

• Continuously monitor the digital advertising ecosystem for emerging threats.
• Analyze impression-level data to identify and investigate potential fraud trends and anomalies.
• Continuously improve existing analytical techniques and tooling to reduce the time required to assess and mitigate emerging threats.

Research & Innovation:

• Lead focused research initiatives to produce specialized insight reports on data quality, fraud detection, and emerging threats.
• Identify top customer concerns and common issues, guiding systematic improvements in product design and functionality.
• Develop impactful detection leads to accelerate the response from threat identification to the implementation of mitigation strategies.

Technical Analysis & Reporting:

• Build and optimize complex SQL queries, including the creation of functions, procedures, sub-queries, temporary tables, and complex joins.
• Utilize Python (with Pandas, NumPy, and Jupyter notebooks) to create analyses, models, algorithms, and interactive dashboards.
• Analyze historical data and document detailed findings to provide transparency and auditability across data processes.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Partner with product management, data science, development, and marketing teams to develop comprehensive research reports, thought leadership articles, blogs, and bulletins that translate complex data into compelling, strategic insights.

Process Improvement & Documentation:

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of models, algorithms, and methodologies to support internal and customer-facing auditability.

You should apply if you have most of this:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, Telecommunications, Information Assurance, or a closely related field.
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in data analysis/data mining, preferably within the AdTech or digital fraud landscape.
• Expertise in writing complex queries, building functions, procedures, and investigative analysis using SQL.
• Familiarity with data analysis libraries (e.g., Pandas, NumPy) and experience using Jupyter notebooks for exploratory data analysis.
• Experience with multi-billion record data sets in cloud databases; familiarity with platforms such as Databricks is a strong plus.
• Exceptional analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with proven success in presenting complex data in an engaging manner.
• A proactive approach to continuous improvement and documentation of innovative methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously while thriving in a team environment.
• Strong customer focus with a drive for operational excellence and accuracy in all deliverables.

What puts you over the top:

• Prior experience in fraud tracking, attribution, and reporting is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of the digital advertising ecosystem, including protocols like the ORTB programmatic framework, DSP vs. SSP dynamics, and basic ad serving processes

IAS Pay Transparency:

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location, and any additional locations are listed below. Our pay ranges are based on the work location. As part of IAS compensation package, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes paid time off, health insurance (medical, dental, vision) as well as PPO, HSA and FSA options and 401k with employer matching contributions. All full-time employee roles include competitive compensation and are eligible for an annual bonus and/or other incentive plans. Each candidate’s compensation package is based on multiple factors, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need.

Primary Location:

US - New York, NY

Primary Location Base Pay Range:

$100,800.00 - $172,800.00 Annual

About Integral Ad Science:

Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a leading global media measurement and optimization platform that delivers the industry’s most actionable data to drive superior results for the world’s largest advertisers, publishers, and media platforms. IAS’s software provides comprehensive and enriched data that ensures ads are seen by real people in safe and suitable environments, while improving return on ad spend for advertisers and yield for publishers. Our mission is to be the global benchmark for trust and transparency in digital media quality. For more information, visit integralads.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

IAS is an equal opportunity employer, committed to our diversity and inclusiveness. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age. We strongly encourage women, people of color, members of the LGBTQIA community, people with disabilities and veterans to apply.

California Applicant Pre-Collection Notice:

We collect personal information (PI) from you in connection with your application for employment or engagement with IAS, including the following categories of PI: identifiers, personal records, commercial information, professional or employment or engagement information, non-public education records, and inferences drawn from your PI. We collect your PI for our purposes, including performing services and operations related to your potential employment or engagement. For additional details or if you have questions, contact us at [email protected].

Attention agency/3rd party recruiters: IAS does not accept any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles. If you are interested in becoming an IAS recruiting partner, please send an email introducing your company to [email protected]. We will get back to you if there's interest in a partnership.

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