Associate Principal/Programmatic AdTech Engineer (Forensic Services practice)

About Charles River Associates CRA is a leading global consulting firm that provides independent economic and financial analysis behind litigation matters, guides businesses through critical strategy and operational issues to become more profitable, and advises governments on the economic impact of policies and regulations. Our two main services – economic and management consulting – are delivered by practice groups that focus on specific areas of expertise or industries. Click here to learn how CRA can help you launch your career. Position Overview CRA’s Forensic Services practice supports companies’ commitment to integrity by assisting them and their counsel in independently responding to allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct, and non-compliance. We are noted for deploying cross-trained teams of forensic professionals to assist our clients in gaining deeper insights and greater value more quickly. We provide accounting and forensic services as well as cybercrime investigation services. As an Associate Principal, you will lead projects that intersect the areas of data engineering, programmatic AdTech, AI, forensics, privacy risk management. In this role, you will serve as key subject matter expert, builder, and technical advisor across a portfolio of unique client problems. You’ll use muscles you didn’t know you had to solve client challenges and innovate solutions with nothing but the problem in front of you. You will lead, learn from, and work with a team of like-minded, supportive, gritty, and highly intelligent colleagues. A day in the life consists of collaborating across client projects, supporting forensic investigations, advising upon programmatic AdTech data standards, dev work, structured data analysis, product management, and getting in the weeds with AI. As an Associate Principal, you will: Lead and support technical vision and execution for forensic investigations of advertising technology systems, privacy compliance, and data flows across web