Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Autopilot

About the Autopilot Team

The Autopilot team is responsible for developing and maintaining Liftoff’s budget pacing system, a critical component of our Accelerate product. Accelerate allows customers to set a defined advertising budget with daily spend limits, and the Autopilot system intelligently determines how to allocate that budget throughout the day. Our goal is to maximize the utility and performance of each ad dollar spent by dynamically adjusting spend pacing and optimizing ad opportunities in real time. The Autopilot team builds the systems and algorithms that ensure our clients’ budgets are used efficiently and effectively, driving high-value outcomes at scale.

As a Machine Learning Engineer on the Bidding Intelligence group, you will:

• Build state-of-the-art deep learning models to make accurate bidding decisions in millions of auctions per second
• Work with an experienced team of ML, Software, and Infrastructure Engineers
• Design, engineer & implement reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient systems
• Achieve core business objectives by enabling next generation ML models and technologies
• Utilize vendor-based products (AWS, Weights & Biases, etc.), open source technologies (PyTorch, PySpark, etc.), and in-house tooling

Desired qualities and experiences:

• 6+ years of industry experience in Machine Learning, Software Engineering and/or Infrastructure
• 3+ years of industry experience applying Machine Learning to large scale problems
• Very strong coding ability
• Good team communication and collaboration skills
• B.S. or higher in Computer Science (PhD is a plus)

Nice to have:

• Previous experience in ad-tech
• Experience building machine learning tooling and/or platforms
• Python, Golang
• ML, PyTorch, PySpark
• Game theory, auction theory

Location:

This role is eligible for full-time remote work in one of our entities: CA, CO, ID, IL, FL, GA, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NV, NY, OR, TX, UT, and WA.

We are a remote-first company with US hubs in Redwood City, Los Angeles, and New York City.

Travel Expectations:
We offer several opportunities for in-person team gatherings, including but not limited to project meetings, regional meetups, and company-wide events. We expect our employees to attend these gatherings at least once per quarter. These gatherings provide essential opportunities for collaboration, communication, and team building.

Compensation: 

Liftoff offers all employees a full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence. Base compensation will vary based on candidate's location and experience. The following are our base salary ranges for this role: 

• SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County: $220,000 - $260,000
• Seattle/Olympia, Austin, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Boston: $200,000 - $240,000 
• All other cities and towns in our approved states: $190,000 - $225,000 

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