Animaj leads the global media industry by creating and delivering premium 3D animation to families worldwide. Traditional animation, rooted in outdated processes since the early ‘90s, lags behind the fast-paced demands of today’s digital economy.Our innovation addresses the time-intensive nature of traditional animation, where each second can take hours or a week to produce.The RoleAs a Data Scientist / Applied AI Developer, you'll be at the heart of our data and AI strategy for content creation and distribution. Your mission: build intelligent solutions to better understand our audiences, inform creative and editorial decisions, and maximize the impact of our content across distribution platforms.Our Values at AnimajWhat you'll do:Audience Intelligence: build tools to understand audiences behaviors and preferences, content trends, to guide creative and editorial choicesYouTube Optimization: develop AI-powered solutions to improve publications performance (SEO, metadata, thumbnails, titles, descriptions) and maximize the value of our existing catalogLLM integration into creative workflows: deploy language models within internal tools to assist creative and editorial teamsData Engineering: design, implement and maintain the data ingestion and transformation pipelines these solutions requireWho You AreExperience & Background5-8 years of experience in data science, ML engineering, or AI developmentTechnical degree (Master's, engineering school, or equivalent) with strong hands-on experienceProven track record implementing data/AI solutions and deploying them in productionMust-have Technical SkillsStrong Python proficiency and familiarity with the data/ML ecosystem (PyTorch, scikit-learn, pandas, etc.)Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, etc.) and their integrationExperience with web scraping and data extractionSolid software engineering practices (testing, documentation, Git)Familiarity with Prefect, Databases (we use Clickhouse)Nice to HaveExperience with YouTube APIs (Analytics, Data API) or other distribution platformsAbility to prototype full-stack applications (API design, backend, basic frontend)Knowledge of video SEO and platform recommendation mechanicsExperience with RAG, fine-tuning, agentic architecturesInterest in children's content, animation, or entertainmentMindsetBuilder at heart: you'd rather craft custom solutions than rely on off-the-shelf productsRelentless curiosity: you stay on top of AI developments and constantly experiment with new approachesAutonomy & ownership: you can drive a project end-to-end, from exploration to deploymentPragmatism: you balance velocity with robustness, delivering solutions that actually workCommunication: you can engage with non-technical stakeholders and translate needs into solutionsHiring ProcessIntro call with recruiter → Call with Antoine (CTO and hiring manager) → Technical interview → Call with Sixte (CEO) → Reference Calls → OfferThe Animaj Wayhttps://animaj.notion.site/The-Animaj-Way-229510f98c3c80b7af2ec4063d19c6a0