Yahoo Holdings Inc.
Omaha, NE
A little about us The Yahoo DSP Research team sits at the core of our programmatic ad platform, developing the mathematical models and algorithms that govern billions of dollars in real-time ad spend daily. We blend control theory, machine learning, and economics with modern AI-driven engineering practices to build world-class marketplace optimization systems. About the Role As a Principal Research Scientist (IC6) on the Yahoo DSP Optimization team, you will serve as a primary technical authority driving the next-generation architecture for budget control, pacing, and bidding algorithms. In this role, you will lead the evolution of our high-scale optimization stack by integrating agentic AI practices-shifting traditional research-to-production pipelines into highly automated, AI-augmented development loops. Responsibilities Lead the research, architectural design, and production deployment of large-scale algorithms for budget pacing, bid optimization, and marketplace...