Senior Ml Engineer, Ad Performance

WHO ARE WELaunch Potato is a profitable digital media company that reaches over 30M monthly visitors through brands such as FinanceBuzz, All About Cookies, and OnlyInYourState.As The Discovery and Conversion Company our mission is to connect consumers with the world's leading brands through data-driven content and technology.Headquartered in South Florida with a remote-first team spanning over 15 countries, we've built a high-growth, high-performance culture where speed, ownership and measurable impact drive success.WHY JOIN USAt Launch Potato you'll accelerate your career by owning outcomes, moving fast and driving impact with a global team of high-performers.We turn audience attention into action through data, machine learning and relentless optimization.Are you a Machine Learning Engineer with a passion for bridging technical expertise and business acumen?Do you thrive in building scalable, reliable systems that directly move revenue?If you're eager to collaborate globally, face challenges head-on and make substantial impact, we're looking for you to join our dynamic team.In this role you'll work at the intersection of advertising algorithms, personalization and optimization—building the ML software and infrastructure that drives ad performance and user engagement at scale.MUST HAVE5 years of software development and ML engineering, including 3 years focused on advertising systemsProven experience optimizing ad performance using both mature models and emerging ML technologiesExpertise in one or more ML areas: recommendation systems, advertising algorithms, NLP or CVProficiency with Python, SQL and modern ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch)Familiarity with distributed data processing (Spark, Ray) and cloud infrastructure (AWS / GCP)Strong analytical problem-solving skills with a proven track record of delivering measurable resultsExcellent communication, teamwork and project-management skillsYOUR ROLEYour mission: Elevate Launch Potato's advertising performance by building scalable, production-ready ML systems that optimize revenue while enhancing user experience.You'll collaborate across teams to design, deploy and refine algorithms that improve ad targeting relevance and efficiency at global scale.OUTCOMESDevelop and scale advertising algorithms that optimize engagement and revenue simultaneouslyApply cutting-edge ML approaches (e.g., reinforcement learning, deep learning for ranking) to improve ad performanceBuild scalable infrastructure to support real-time ad decisioning across millions of requests per dayConduct rigorous experiments (A/B and multivariate tests) to measure model impact on business KPIsContinuously improve ETL pipelines and monitoring systems to ensure reliable ad deliveryCollaborate with global teams across product, data and engineering to launch high-impact ad featuresStay ahead of emerging technologies and integrate them into our ML stack when they create competitive advantageCOMPETENCIESImpact-Oriented: Align ML systems to business outcomes and measure what mattersTechnical Builder: Write clean, production-ready code and architect scalable systemsCollaborative: Work seamlessly with global teams and communicate complex ideas clearlyResilient & Determined: Don't shy from challenges and drive projects through to impactCurious Innovator: Keep pace with ML/AI trends and creatively apply them to advertisingAnalytical Problem-Solver: Break down complex systems and find data-driven solutionsWant to accelerate your career?Apply nowSince day one we've been committed to having a diverse, inclusive team and culture.We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity company.We value diversity, equity and inclusion.We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.Required Experience: Senior ICKey SkillsJProfiler, Splunk, Performance Testing, Fiddler, Apache, HP Performance Center, LoadRunner, New Relic, Scalability, J2EE, Java, ScriptingEmployment Type: Full TimeExperience: yearsVacancy: 1#J-*****-Ljbffr