Senior Applied Researcher — Incentives

We are looking for an expert who will develop and automate decision-making algorithms in the area of incentives. Your core focus will be to design and deploy adaptive data-driven mechanisms that determine which goal to set for which user, and what reward to offer, in order to maximize the incremental effect for every dollar invested.

Key Responsibilities

• Intervention Algorithm Automation: Design and implement incentive management systems as closed-loop feedback control systems to continuously optimize budget efficiency and marketplace balance.

• Incremental Impact Maximization (Uplift Modeling): Create and advance causal inference and uplift models (e.g., meta-learners) to evaluate the true incremental value of rewards and target personalized offers.

• Behavioral Modeling & Business Impact: Research and model the non-linear responses of marketplace participants to changing conditions (prices, incentive terms), translating these insights into algorithmic strategies that drive user retention and lifetime value (LTV).

• End-to-End Development (Research-to-Production): Translate research models into production-grade code, developing modular frameworks and monitoring systems to ensure algorithms operate reliably in real time.

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Act as a strategic partner to product managers and engineers, driving the product roadmap through data-driven storytelling.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Professional experience in Data Analytics, Data Science, Applied Research, or algorithmic product optimization, preferably in an incentive-driven environment.

• Strong analytical mindset with expertise in Machine Learning, behavioral modeling, and causal inference.

• Solid foundation in mathematics and economics: elasticity models, incentive response dynamics, retention analytics.

• Advanced SQL and Python, with large datasets and production-grade decision logic.

• Advanced Experimentation: A/B testing frameworks, switchback experiments, causal effects in networked systems with feedback loops.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Why join us

• Mentoring, career consulting, and learning programs.

• Global Talent Exchange Program and international experience.

• Company-wide challenges, awards, sports activities, and volunteering projects.

• Co-financed language courses and internal speaking clubs.

• Annual salary from EUR 70 700 gross.