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Principal Applied Science Manager

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time💰 $165,600–$165,600🗓 2026-07-29 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead and grow a team of Applied Scientists to define and execute the science roadmap for text, image, and multimodal creative AI, driving innovation with LLMs and generative AI to deliver advertiser-facing solutions.

Role type

Principal Applied Science Manager (Team Lead)

Builds

Scalable AI solutions for creative generation, personalization, and optimization that improve advertiser ROI and user engagement.

Domain

Digital Advertising, Generative AI, Multimodal AI

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Machine learning, experimentation, data-driven decision making, people management, cross-functional leadership, generative AI, LLMs, multimodal AI, computer vision, creative optimization, large-scale advertising systems, recommendation systems, ranking systems, content generation

Preferred skills

Experience with digital advertising platforms, AI-powered content tools

Technologies

LLMs, multimodal foundation models, generative AI technologies

Responsibilities

Define and execute the science roadmap for creative generation and optimization; Partner with Engineering, Product, and Design to deliver advertiser solutions; Establish metrics and experimentation frameworks; Translate business opportunities into scalable AI solutions; Communicate strategy and results to senior leadership; Lead and grow a team of Applied Scientists

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with team leadership

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