Software Engineer II, Advertiser Optimization
Core
Develop and evaluate models and algorithms for ads bidding, pacing, and budgeting, translating marketplace questions into mathematical formulations and interpretable results.
Role type
Senior IC quantitative software engineer (advertising optimization)
Builds
Production systems for ad bidding, pacing, and budgeting
Domain
Advertising technology / Marketplace optimization
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Optimization, probability, statistical modeling, econometrics, control theory, Python, SQL
Preferred skills
Software engineering experience applying quantitative methods, advertising systems, auction theory, large-scale data pipelines, real-time decision systems, production machine learning
Responsibilities
Develop and evaluate models and algorithms for ads bidding, pacing, and budgeting; Translate marketplace questions into mathematical formulations, analyses, prototypes, experiments, and interpretable results; Implement, validate, and monitor algorithms in production systems; Take progressively greater ownership of well-scoped projects from hypothesis through measurable impact; Communicate assumptions, findings, methodologies, results, and limitations to technical and cross-functional partners
