Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation Systems
$165k/y-$215k/y
a day ago
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Summary
Launch Potato is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation Systems to join their remote-first team. The role involves building and optimizing ML systems that power real-time recommendations across millions of user journeys.
About the Role
As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will design, deploy, and scale ML systems that serve over 100M predictions daily. Your responsibilities include enhancing data processing pipelines, designing ranking algorithms, and running A/B tests to measure business impact. You will collaborate with product, engineering, and analytics teams to launch high-impact personalization features and ensure model reliability.
About You
Required:
- 5+ years building and scaling production ML systems with measurable business impact.
- Experience deploying ML systems serving 100M+ predictions daily.
- Strong background in ranking algorithms (collaborative filtering, learning-to-rank, deep learning).
- Proficiency with Python and ML frameworks (TensorFlow or PyTorch).
- Skilled with SQL and modern data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift) plus data lakes.
- Familiarity with distributed computing (Spark, Ray) and LLM/AI Agent frameworks.
- Track record of improving business KPIs via ML-powered personalization.
- Experience with A/B testing platforms and experiment logging best practices.
Preferred:
- Experience with MLflow or W&B for rapid testing and retraining.
- Knowledge of data processing frameworks like Beam or Dask.
- Ability to design models that balance relevance, diversity, and revenue.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary ranging from $165k to $215k per year.
- Profit-sharing bonus and comprehensive benefits package.
- Performance-driven compensation increases based on company and personal performance.
Launch Potato
As The Discovery and Conversion Company, we connect advertisers to customers at all parts of the consumer journey, from awareness to consideration to purchase. Launch Potato’s brands and technologies help customers discover new products and services that make their lives better!
Philadelphia, PA