CareerPlan

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Palo AltoFull-time2026-07-09 → 2026-11-13
Based in United States

Core

Lead ML strategy and execution for the intelligence layer powering advertiser and seller experiences, including Ads Manager and sales productivity tools.

Role type

Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Agentic AI & Recommendations)

Builds

Intelligent recommendation systems, context foundations, and feedback loops for AI agents.

Domain

AdTech / E-commerce / Agentic AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Large-scale recommendation systems, Agentic AI, multi-objective optimization, contextual decisioning, retrieval and ranking, embeddings, vector search, reinforcement learning, software engineering (Python/Java), data systems

Preferred skills

AI coding assistants, LLM-powered productivity tools

Technologies

Python, Java, vector search, embeddings

Responsibilities

Lead design and implementation of large-scale recommendation and decisioning systems; Build ML foundations for a unified context layer and context agent; Own recommendation initiatives end-to-end from problem framing to production deployment; Develop evaluation and feedback loops for recommendation quality; Apply modern ML techniques to business-critical workflows; Use AI to accelerate analysis and experimentation; Mentor engineers on ML development and responsible AI usage

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership