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 Traditional animation, rooted in outdated processes since the early ‘90s, lags behind the fast-paced demands of today’s digital economy.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 Role

As 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 Animaj

What you'll do:

• Audience Intelligence: build tools to understand audiences behaviors and preferences, content trends, to guide creative and editorial choices
• YouTube Optimization: develop AI-powered solutions to improve publications performance (SEO, metadata, thumbnails, titles, descriptions) and maximize the value of our existing catalog
• LLM integration into creative workflows: deploy language models within internal tools to assist creative and editorial teams
• Data Engineering: design, implement and maintain the data ingestion and transformation pipelines these solutions require

Who You Are

Experience & Background

• 5-8 years of experience in data science, ML engineering, or AI development
• Technical degree (Master's, engineering school, or equivalent) with strong hands-on experience
• Proven track record implementing data/AI solutions and deploying them in production

Must-have Technical Skills

• Strong 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 integration
• Experience with web scraping and data extraction
• Solid software engineering practices (testing, documentation, Git)
• Familiarity with Prefect, Databases (we use Clickhouse)

Nice to Have

• Experience with YouTube APIs (Analytics, Data API) or other distribution platforms
• Ability to prototype full-stack applications (API design, backend, basic frontend)
• Knowledge of video SEO and platform recommendation mechanics
• Experience with RAG, fine-tuning, agentic architectures
• Interest in children's content, animation, or entertainment

Mindset

• Builder at heart: you'd rather craft custom solutions than rely on off-the-shelf products
• Relentless curiosity: you stay on top of AI developments and constantly experiment with new approaches
• Autonomy & ownership: you can drive a project end-to-end, from exploration to deployment
• Pragmatism: you balance velocity with robustness, delivering solutions that actually work
• Communication: you can engage with non-technical stakeholders and translate needs into solutions

Hiring Process

Intro call with recruiter → Call with Antoine (CTO and hiring manager) → Technical interview → Call with Sixte (CEO) → Reference Calls → Offer

The Animaj Way

https://animaj.notion.site/The-Animaj-Way-229510f98c3c80b7af2ec4063d19c6a0