Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Programmatic Ads
Core
Designing and implementing real-time bidding, ad scoring, and ranking algorithms to optimize inventory exchange and drive advertiser ROI.
Role type
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Programmatic Ads)
Builds
Core bidding and ranking systems for programmatic ad exchanges
Domain
Digital advertising, programmatic media buying, real-time optimization
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Large-scale production ML systems, control/optimization algorithms, probabilistic modeling, technical leadership as IC, AI-assisted development workflow
Preferred skills
Experience with Cursor/Copilot/Codex, LLM-powered productivity tools
Technologies
Real-time bidding engines, deep-learning frameworks, exchange APIs
Responsibilities
Design algorithms for real-time bidding and ad ranking; Own end-to-end ML systems from problem framing to online experimentation; Introduce new supply signals to unlock advertiser value; Partner with engineering teams to integrate models into the ads stack; Use AI to accelerate analysis and iteration
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership
