Senior Applied Data Scientist

We are looking to grow our core Applied Science team by adding a “Senior  Applied Data Scientist”.  This is an individual contributor role on a highly collaborative team.  The Applied Science team is a self-sufficient product development team that applies research and experimentation to fulfill its goals of developing and maintaining business-critical software systems.  In short you’ll be a full-stack applied data scientist and software developer.  3Play Media has diverse business and technical challenges related to media transcription captioning audio description dubbing subtitling and translation. This team makes major contributions in many technical domains including software engineering systems engineering machine learning natural language processing generative AI signal processing applied probability and statistics data analysis and controlled experimentation.  You’ll be expected to contribute to and learn about several of these domains.

We are looking for a curious communicative collaborative humble self-sufficient and flexible data scientist. The ideal candidate is energized by the craft of building efficient reliable software systems alongside sensible robust machine learning and AI models. You’ll approach engineering and data science as disciplines that are always evolving and you actively seek out and weigh new approaches rather than settling into the familiar. Above all you understand that this work is a team sport: you know that strong collaboration durable relationships and genuinely diverse perspectives aren't nice-to-haves but the foundation of doing it well.

• Contribute to a shared codebase using GitHub and other modern collaboration tools such as agentic coding systems
• Perform the technical elements of a variety of product development and data analysis projects (prototyping evaluation productionization and maintenance) especially related to audio and video processing generative AI predictive modeling and NLP
• Participate in the internal peer review process including design reviews code reviews and data analysis reviews
• Design manage and analyze controlled experiments within our production systems
• Regularly report on progress results findings risks and opportunities

• 2+ years full time working experience in signal processing data science or machine learning roles including predictive modeling data processing and data analysis responsibilities
• Extremely strong communication skills both verbally and in writing
• Strong familiarity with Python coding utilizing industry standard libraries (e.g. Pandas NumPy Scikit-learn Matplotlib/Seaborn)
• Interest in presenting technical and business-oriented information to a variety of audiences including senior management and customers
• BS/ MS / PhD in Data Science Engineering Computer Science or a related field

• Strong academic and professional experience with audio signal processing speech synthesis and computer vision
• Experience writing deploying and maintaining Python and SQL code in a production setting
• Experience building and maintaining production machine learning systems in a cloud-based platform such as AWS SageMaker
• Experience developing and maintaining custom deep learning models using pytorch and HuggingFace especially models involving text audio and video data
• Experience using third-party generative AI systems including prompt engineering and fine-tuning
• Experience in the accessibility and localization industries

3Play is building AI into how we work across every function. We don't expect expertise — we expect curiosity. If you've used AI tools to work smarter automated something that used to be manual or found a better way to do your job with technology that mindset belongs here.

Base salary range: $150k - $180k

Location: Remote — United States

Employment type: Full-time

3Play Media is a technology company making video accessible to everyone. Our captioning transcription audio description and localization solutions serve over 10000 customers — universities media companies enterprises and government organisations across the US and Canada.

We were founded at MIT Sloan in 2007 and have been building deliberately ever since. The team is small fast-moving and low on politics. The work you do here is visible from day one. Headquarters in Boston MA with offices in Minneapolis MN and Calgary AB.

3Play Media is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

What We Do

At 3Play Media we’re transforming the way organizations approach video accessibility and localization—making it faster easier and more reliable to reach every viewer. From captions and subtitles to audio descriptions and dubs our platform streamlines workflows that once took days into just a few clicks. We support thousands of customers across media & entertainment education enterprise and sports—helping them expand their reach and meet accessibility standards with speed and accuracy. But we’re more than a tech company—we’re a mission-driven team that believes access to content is a right not a privilege. Headquartered on Boston’s waterfront our team of passionate problem-solvers engineers linguists and accessibility advocates is driving the future of inclusive and global video. At 3Play you’ll find a culture that values curiosity collaboration and continuous learning. Whether you’re passionate about accessibility excited by media tech or simply love working with smart motivated people you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact here.

Why Work With Us

We really value collaboration and innovation. Everyone here brings something unique and valuable to the table which is a great environment to be in! We all really value the mission behind our products - to make video content accessible - and that passion makes the work exciting and gratifying. 3Play provides a great environment for growth.

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