Ml Research Engineer in Chennai

TEGNA Inc. helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television, while also maintaining a strong global presence in India with offices in Bangalore and Chennai that support technology, product, and business operations initiatives. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news. Position Overview TEGNA is looking for a Senior Data Analyst is seeking a skilled and forward-thinking CloudEngineer to join our growing technology team. We are a demand-side platform (DSP) helping advertisers and agencies programmatically reach their target audiences at scale. We are looking for a Senior Data Analyst to drive insights across advertiser performance, audience quality, and supply-side partnerships — going beyond surface-level reporting to uncover the stories that data tells. In this role, you will work at the intersection of data, engineering, and data science — collaborating closely with our engineering team to maintain data integrity and with our ML team to translate model outputs into business intelligence. You will analyse how audiences behave across our platform, evaluate the quality and efficiency of inventory sources, develop forecasts that help advertisers and internal teams plan with confidence, and surface actionable intelligence that helps our advertisers deliver better outcomes while growing the overall business. What You’ll Do • Analyse audience behaviour and segment performance to help advertisers improve targeting efficiency, reach, and campaign ROI across programmatic channels. • Evaluate supply-side inventory quality — assessing publisher segments, bid stream data, win rates, and CPM trends — to inform smarter buying decisions and supply curation strategi

TEGNA Inc. helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television, while also maintaining a strong global presence in India with offices in Bangalore and Chennai that support technology, product, and business operations initiatives. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news. About TEGNA TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news. Data Scientist TEGNA is seeking a highly skilled, innovative, and analytical Data Scientist to lead end-to-end development of advanced models and insights across our multi-platform media ecosystem spanning TV, digital, streaming, social, and mobile. This role is central to transforming large-scale viewership, content, and sales datasets into predictive models, optimization frameworks, and actionable insights that support content strategy, personalization, audience growth, and revenue performance. The ideal candidate is passionate about experimentation, machine learning, and building scalable data and ML solutions. You will collaborate with engineering,product, editorial, sales, and analytics teams to translate complex, ambiguous business challenges into measurable, data-driven outcomes. What You’ll Do Lead the full data science lifecycle: problem framing, hypothesis development, feature engineering, model development, validation, and deployment planning. Develop and operationalize machine learning models across forecasting, personalization, c