Full job description
Senior Machine Learning Engineer role at adMarketplace in New York. Responsibilities include managing AI/ML projects end-to-end, implementing MLOps best practices, contributing to model architecture, developing feature engineering pipelines, establishing A/B testing frameworks, translating research into production code, and collaborating across teams. Requires PhD with 3+ years or MS with 3-5+ years in AI/ML, experience in ads, relevance, ranking, recommendation systems or search, building distributed low-latency ML services, deploying ML pipelines, proficiency in Python, distributed frameworks, SQL, cloud infrastructure, and ML packages like TensorFlow or PyTorch. Preferred experience includes building ML models for ads/search, online experimentation frameworks, reinforcement learning for ad selection, fine tuning LLMs, and Generative AI products. Salary range $170,000 - $240,000 plus bonus and equity. Benefits include healthcare, wellness, PTO, commuter benefits, 401k matching, summer Fridays, catered lunches, stocked kitchen, sports teams, happy hours, retreats, education and management training.
What you'll do
- Drive end-to-end lifecycle management of AI/ML projects from concept and data acquisition to prototyping, model development, deployment, optimization and ongoing maintenance
- Implement and champion best practices in MLOps including data collection, model training pipelines, model deployments, monitoring, alerting, and QA
- Contribute to model architecture decisions leveraging state-of-the-art machine learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning techniques
- Develop and deploy robust feature engineering pipelines and ML services optimized for low latency and high throughput
- Establish and utilize robust A/B testing and experimentation frameworks to evaluate and improve model performance
- Translate research papers into high-quality, production-ready code
- Communicate effectively and collaborate across the organization
Requirements
- PhD with 3+ years of experience or MS with 3-5+ years of industry experience in AI/ML, developing and deploying production-grade ML systems
- 2+ years of experience in building AI/ML models in ads, relevance, ranking, recommendation systems, or search
- 3+ years of experience in building distributed, low-latency, high-throughput batch and online ML services
- 3+ years of experience in deploying and maintaining ML pipelines in production, including feature engineering and model monitoring frameworks
- 2+ years of experience in Python and proficiency with distributed frameworks (Spark, Hadoop), SQL, and cloud infrastructure
- 2+ years of experience with ML packages such as TensorFlow or PyTorch, scikit-learn, and Spark ML
- Ability to operate efficiently in a high-paced, multi-functional, and rapidly evolving environment
- Preferred: 5+ years of experience in building ML models for ads, search and/or recommender systems including CTR/CVR prediction, ad selection, keyword bidding, and Learning to Rank models
- Preferred: 2+ years of experience in building and deploying online experimentation frameworks
- Preferred: 2+ years of experience in building ad selection frameworks using reinforcement learning or contextual bandits
- Preferred: Experience in fine tuning LLMs
- Preferred: 1+ years of experience in building products using Generative AI powered autonomous agents
Tech stack
PythonTensorFlowPyTorchscikit-learnSpark MLSparkHadoopSQLcloud infrastructureMLOpsreinforcement learningdeep learningmachine learningGenerative AILLMs
Benefits
Bonus & EquityComprehensive healthcareWellness programsPaid time offCommuter benefits401k matchingSummer FridaysCatered lunchesFully stocked kitchenZogSports teamsHappy hoursCorporate retreatsContinuing education programManagement trainingRegular company-wide lunch and learnsWell-defined career paths