Senior Algorithm Engineer (RTB)
Core
Building machine learning models for real-time bidding (RTB) to optimize billions of daily auctions, driving bid optimization, price prediction, and auction strategy.
Role type
Senior IC machine learning engineer (RTB)
Builds
Large-scale ML solutions for real-time bidding and programmatic advertising
Domain
Performance advertising / Machine learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning, deep learning, optimization, statistical modeling, Python, Java, low-latency system design, A/B testing, model monitoring
Preferred skills
Large-scale deep learning recommendation systems, AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor)
Technologies
Python, Java
Responsibilities
Design, train, and deploy real-time bidding models (bid optimization, price prediction, win-rate prediction, CTR/CVR estimation, calibration, auction optimization); Own the full ML lifecycle from research/prototyping to production deployment and optimization; Build and evolve large-scale ML models serving low-latency, high-throughput traffic; Analyze auction and marketplace data to identify modeling opportunities; Partner with Product, Engineering, and Business teams to transform goals into scalable solutions; Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical design/code reviews
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
