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# Principal Engineer Consultant in Adtech - Data Science & AI Department at Teads

- **Company:** Teads
- **Location:** Paris, France
- **Posted:** 2025-10-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/teads1/jobs/4693418101

## Job description

## About Teads

Teads is a leading omnichannel advertising platform focused on driving outcomes for brand and performance advertisers across screens. With a focus on meaningful business outcomes for branding and performance objectives, Teads drives value by leveraging predictive AI technology to connect quality media, beautiful brand creative, and context-driven addressability and measurement. Teads is directly partnered with more than 10,000 publishers and 20,000 advertisers globally. The company is headquartered in New York, New York with a global team of around 1,700 people in 30+ countries.

For more information, visit [www.teads.com.](https://www.teads.com)

About the opportunity We are seeking a Principal Engineer Consultant for our Data Science & AI department, with deep experience in the advertising industry, to join a team of passionate engineers who build advertising solutions at world scale. We build and operate large-scale distributed machine learning systems that make 1B predictions per second during real-time auctions.

The Principal position at Teads represents the highest level of seniority on the IC ladder. They are tackling cross-functional, strategical, and pivotal initiatives, prioritizing robust engineering choices. Principals are working closely with the Leadership, Product and Engineering teams, all while fostering a culture of excellence.

What will you do?

As a Principal Engineer in our Data Science & AI Department your mission will be to:

- Stay on top of the state-of-the-art science and technology of large scale advertising systems
- Areas of interest are models for CTR and CVR, foundation models for recommendation systems, on-line learning, cold start, embeddings for users, ads and similar,ad matching and ranking, pacing and optimal bidding, auction design, etc.
- Work with teams of data scientists and machine learning engineers to identify investment opportunities
- Help the teams across the organization in implementing the solutions as an advisor
- On projects you choose you will be a part of the implementation team where you will be expected to participate in bringing them projects to the production environment
- Work with product managers to find data science and AI projects with best cost/benefit risk/reward ratios
- Spend time experimenting with new approaches by yourself
- Follow industrial and academic research, occasionally publish at conferences

What will you bring to the team?

- Deep experience of the ad tech industry use of AI and data science
- Strong communication skills, working collaboratively with the team, able to teach concepts, and communicate complicated topics to expert audiences
- Strong problem solving skills, and ability to align teams on solutions
- True scientist skills: fast learner, curious, sense of details, rigorous
- Experience in Statistics (i.e. statistical analysis, regression analysis, …) and/or Artificial Intelligence (i.e. Data Mining, Machine Learning, …)
- Ability to read scientific articles, to analyze critically, and to implement as appropriate
- Good taste in architecture of AI systems

The team

- The AI department currently consists of 50 people who are a mix of data scientists, machine learning and backend engineers
- Your peers will all have deep experience from on-line ad systems from Teads and previous companies. We are staying at the bleeding edge of research and technology
- The department provides technologies that power outcomes of campaigns with a total yearly turn over of $1.7B
- Runs large scale prediction and control systems for ad delivery, dealing with millions of live ads, doing more than a billion predictions per second based on large on-line trained models being updated every 5 minutes

Life at Teads

At Teads, we don’t just offer new roles - we blend creativity, technology, and data to shape the future of media. You’ll work with smart humans, meaningful brands, and cool tools, all while helping redefine how advertising works in a world that demands more transparency, better insights, and smarter strategies.

As a Teadster, you’ll play a critical role in shaping our future success in the region. Here’s why Teads stands out:

- We've merged two open internet category leaders—Outbrain and Teads—to create the ‘new’ Teads, a unified omnichannel platform that drives results from branding to performance across all screens, including CTV, mobile, and web.
- As part of our team, you’ll thrive in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment that fosters innovation, creative problem-solving, and continuous learning.
- Teads is committed to your success, offering the support, tools, and development opportunities you need to excel in your role.

Our company culture is welcoming, dynamic, diverse, global, and built on top performance.

Teads is an equal employment opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment.

Our team is made up of individuals who are approachable, resourceful, passionate, and proactive. We foster a sense of belonging through our Employee Resource Groups – employee-led groups in which we debate topics and drive change: environmental, women empowerment, charitable initiatives to diversity, equity, and inclusion, you’ll be able to share your passions with likeminded people.

## About Teads

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Teads is the omnichannel outcomes platform for the open internet, powering full-funnel advertising outcomes for brands and publishers through predictive AI technology.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Outbrain Inc., which is publicly traded on Nasdaq under ticker OB; the two companies combined on February 3, 2025 and operate under the Teads brand)
- **Headquarters**: New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Pierre Chappaz, Bertrand Quesada, Loïc Soubeyrand, and Jean-Baptiste Crouzet

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Digital Advertising Technology (AdTech), Programmatic Advertising, Omnichannel Marketing
- Target customers: B2B — serving brands, advertisers (20,000+ globally), and publishers/media owners (10,000+ properties)
- Mission or purpose statement: "Empower brands to create connected consumer experiences that drive real results, from awareness to performance."

## Products & Services
- **Teads Omnichannel Outcomes Platform**: An AI-powered platform that unites premium media, an advanced omnichannel graph, data-driven creative, and predictive technology to deliver full-funnel outcomes across screens.
- **Predictive AI Engine**: Proprietary technology that leverages deep understanding of consumer engagement to optimize business outcomes across all screens.
- **High-Impact Creative Solutions**: Beautiful, fluid ad experiences designed to deliver maximum outcomes for every marketing objective.
- **Premium Media Network**: Access to 2 billion+ consumers across 10,000 properties and 50 markets.
- **Richer Signals & Measurement**: Expanded dataset spanning audience, contextual, conversion, and purchase insights for effective advertising.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed for the combined entity. Outbrain Inc. (prior to merger) had a market cap of approximately $200M–$300M as of late 2024.
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — Teads was acquired by Altice Europe in 2017 for ~$300M, then purchased by Outbrain in 2023 for $600M; the combined company is now one of the most scaled advertising platforms on the open internet.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Outbrain Inc.; prior investors include Altice Europe. Partners include 10,000+ publishers and 20,000+ advertisers globally.
- **Growth Signals**: Combined with Outbrain in February 2025 to form the new Teads; operates in 30+ countries with nearly 1,800 employees; recognized as one of the best places to work by leading organizations worldwide.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale & Reach**: Direct partnerships with 10,000+ publishers and 20,000+ advertisers, reaching 2 billion+ consumers across 50 markets.
- **Predictive AI Technology**: Proprietary AI engine that optimizes outcomes using deep consumer engagement data.
- **Omnichannel Capabilities**: Full-funnel platform covering awareness, consideration, and performance across all screens.
- **Open Internet Focus**: Differentiated from walled gardens (Google, Meta) by powering the open internet ecosystem.
- **Premium Media Environments**: Ad placements in high-quality, brand-safe contexts that delight consumers.

## Strategic Focus
- **Post-Merger Integration**: Combining Outbrain and Teads into a unified global platform under the Teads brand.
- **Full-Funnel Outcomes**: Expanding from awareness to performance marketing, delivering measurable business results.
- **AI Innovation**: Continued investment in predictive AI and machine learning to enhance targeting, creative, and measurement.
- **Global Expansion**: Growing presence across 30+ countries and deepening partnerships with premium publishers and advertisers.

## Why Work Here
- **Work-Life Balance**: Flexible hybrid schedules, remote work support, and a focus on well-being.
- **Internal Mobility & Career Growth**: Tailored career programs, internal mobility opportunities, global mentorship network, and a learning platform with product training and soft skills development.
- **Global Team**: Nearly 1,800 employees across 36 countries and 30+ countries, creating a diverse, international environment.
- **Diversity with Purpose**: Commitment to inclusive, equitable workplace where diverse perspectives are valued.
- **Innovation Culture**: Described as "human driven, powered by AI" with values including obsession with outcomes, evolution, and relentless customer focus.
- **Recognition**: Named one of the best places to work by leading organizations globally.
- **Office/Remote Policy**: Flexible hybrid schedules with remote work support; headquarters in New York with global offices.

## Sources
1. [teads.com](https://www.teads.com/)
2. [teads.com/about-teads](https://www.teads.com/about-teads/)
3. [teads.com/teads-careers](https://www.teads.com/teads-careers/)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/teads1](http://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/teads1)

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