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In this role, you will be directly\nresponsible for designing algorithms, building data systems, and refining optimization loops that\ndrive Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) for our Advertisers and Agencies.\nYou will own the technical architecture and end-to-end evaluation, implementation, and scaling of\nrobust data pipelines for attribution data. 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