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Lead Machine Learning Engineer

machine learningdeep learningreinforcement learningMLOpsPythonSparkHadoopSQLTensorFlowPyTorchscikit-learnSpark MLadssearchrecommendation systemsCTR predictionCVR predictionkeyword biddingLearning to Rankonline experimentationgenerative AILLMs

Key details

Salary

$240K – $260K

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Lead

Years experience

5-10

Location

New York, US

Full job description

Lead Machine Learning Engineer role focused on developing and optimizing AI/ML models and applications for an ultra-low-latency ad-serving platform and consumer-facing search solutions. Responsibilities include managing AI/ML project lifecycles, implementing MLOps best practices, contributing to model architecture, developing feature engineering pipelines, establishing A/B testing frameworks, translating research into production code, collaborating across teams, and mentoring junior engineers. Requires PhD with 5+ years or MS with 5-8+ years in AI/ML, experience in ads/search/recommendation systems, distributed low-latency ML services, production ML pipelines, Python, distributed frameworks, SQL, cloud infrastructure, and ML packages like TensorFlow and PyTorch. Preferred experience includes advanced ad models, online experimentation, reinforcement learning, fine tuning LLMs, and generative AI. Location is New York, full-time, on-site. Salary range $240,000 - $260,000 plus bonus and equity.

What you'll do

  • Drive end-to-end lifecycle management of AI/ML projects from concept to maintenance
  • Implement and champion best practices in MLOps including data collection, model training pipelines, deployments, monitoring, alerting, and QA
  • Contribute to model architecture decisions using state-of-the-art ML, deep learning, and reinforcement learning
  • Develop and deploy feature engineering pipelines and ML services optimized for low latency and high throughput
  • Establish and utilize A/B testing and experimentation frameworks to improve model performance
  • Translate research papers into production-ready code
  • Communicate and collaborate across the organization
  • Mentor junior team members and act as a change agent

Requirements

  • PhD with 5+ years or MS with 5-8+ years of industry experience in AI/ML
  • 2+ years building AI/ML models in ads, relevance, ranking, recommendation systems, or search
  • 3+ years building distributed, low-latency, high-throughput batch and online ML services
  • 3+ years deploying and maintaining ML pipelines in production including feature engineering and model monitoring
  • 2+ years experience in Python and distributed frameworks (Spark, Hadoop), SQL, and cloud infrastructure
  • 2+ years experience with ML packages such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Spark ML
  • Ability to operate efficiently in a high-paced, multi-functional, rapidly evolving environment
  • Preferred: 5+ years building ML models for ads, search, recommender systems including CTR/CVR prediction, ad selection, keyword bidding, Learning to Rank
  • Preferred: 2+ years building and deploying online experimentation frameworks
  • Preferred: 2+ years building ad selection frameworks using reinforcement learning or contextual bandits
  • Preferred: Experience fine tuning LLMs
  • Preferred: 1+ years building products using Generative AI powered autonomous agents

Tech stack

PythonSparkHadoopSQLTensorFlowPyTorchscikit-learnSpark MLMLOpsReinforcement LearningDeep LearningGenerative AILLMs

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcareWellness programsPaid time offCommuter benefits401k matchingSummer FridaysCatered lunchesFully stocked kitchenZogSports teamsHappy hoursCorporate retreatsContinuing education programManagement trainingRegular company-wide lunch and learnsWell-defined career paths

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