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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Scientist - **Company:** TABULA RASA HOLDINGS, LLC - **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $138,500.0 - $185,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, Big Data, Data Transformation, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Database Queries, Apache Hadoop, Hadoop Distributed File System, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Recommender Systems, Tensorflow, SQL Databases, GitHub Copilot, Pytorch, Apache Spark, Build Management, Spark Mllib, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Machine Learning Operations - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-data-scientist-taboola-9704608 ## About the Role * Bachelor's or advanced degree in a relevant field, ideally Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computational Economics, or similar * 5+ years of hands-on experience in Python and Java * Proficiency with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Tensorflow, Spark MLlib) * SQL proficiency for data exploration and analysis * System-architecture mindset - ability to design scalable, reliable, high-performance systems and reason about how a model fits into the larger data and serving infrastructure. * Experience taking end-to-end ownership of ML systems: design, build, ship, measure, and maintain - using AI-assisted "vibe coding" tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot). * Experience building automated evaluation harnesses and test frameworks for ML systems - defining benchmarks, baselines, and guardrails that let a team ship confidently and repeatedly * Experience with recommendation systems, ranking algorithms, or personalization at scale * Familiarity with real-time ML and large-scale data mining * Ability to communicate technical findings clearly, and to collaborate effectively across teams (including early morning or evening syncs with our Tel Aviv team) ## Description As a Data Scientist on Taboola's R&D Team in Downtown Los Angeles, utilizing some of the latest technology and tools, you will work on the recommendation and ranking algorithms that drive Realize - Taboola's performance advertising platform serving 600M+ daily active users. 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