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Lead ML Engineer, Recommendation Systems

Launch Potato is a profitable, remote-first digital media company that reaches 30M+ monthly visitors across multiple brands. We are looking for a Lead ML Engineer focused on recommendation systems to design, deploy, and scale personalization infrastructure that drives engagement, retention, and revenue across millions of user journeys.

Skills

  • Production experience with ranking algorithms (collaborative filtering, learning-to-rank, deep learning)
  • Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (TensorFlow or PyTorch)
  • Strong SQL skills and experience with modern data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift) and data lakes
  • Experience with distributed compute frameworks (Spark, Ray) and stream/batch processing (Beam, Dask)
  • Familiarity with LLM/AI agent frameworks and applying ML to personalization
  • Experience deploying systems serving 100M+ predictions daily
  • A/B testing and experiment logging best practices
  • Experience with ML experiment & model management tools (MLflow, W&B)

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and deploy ranking and recommendation models to serve real-time personalization at scale
  • Own feature engineering, data pipelines, and model training/deployment workflows
  • Deliver low-latency (<50ms) real-time personalization across key product surfaces
  • Run statistically rigorous A/B tests and interpret results to measure business impact
  • Optimize models and infrastructure for latency, throughput, cost, and durability
  • Implement monitoring, alerting, and reliability practices for production models
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and analytics teams to scope and launch personalization features

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in relevant field preferred but not required

Benefits

  • Base salary plus profit-sharing bonus
  • Competitive benefits and remote-first work environment
  • Performance-driven growth and career acceleration opportunities
  • Ownership of high-impact systems with measurable business outcomes
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion focus; EEO employer
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We are The DISCOVERY and CONVERSION Company. Founded in 2014 with no external investment, Launch Potato has grown into a leading connector of advertisers to qualified customers. 3x Fortune Best Place to Work, 3x Inc. Best Place to Work & 4x Inc....

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September 11, 2025
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