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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation Systems

Launch Potato is a profitable, high-growth digital media company that reaches 30M+ monthly visitors across brands like FinanceBuzz and OnlyInYourState. We’re hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer specializing in recommendation systems to design, deploy, and scale personalization engines that drive engagement, retention, and revenue across millions of user journeys.

Skills

  • Proven experience shipping production ML systems that power personalization at scale
  • Strong knowledge of ranking algorithms (collaborative filtering, learning-to-rank, deep learning)
  • Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (TensorFlow or PyTorch)
  • Advanced SQL skills and experience with modern data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)
  • Familiarity with distributed compute frameworks (Spark, Ray) and real-time inference
  • Experience designing and analyzing A/B tests and experiment logging

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and deploy recommendation and ranking models for personalization across multiple products
  • Build and maintain data pipelines and feature engineering workflows (Spark, Beam, Dask) to support model training and inference
  • Operate real-time inference systems with target latencies under 50ms and throughput for 100M+ predictions/day
  • Run statistically rigorous A/B tests and analyze experiments to quantify business impact
  • Monitor model performance and reliability; own retraining, rollbacks, and production health
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and analytics to prioritize features and align models with business KPIs
  • Optimize models and infrastructure for latency, cost, and accuracy

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or related field OR equivalent practical experience
  • Master’s degree or higher in a quantitative discipline preferred but not required

Benefits

  • Base salary range $130,000–$220,000 per year (paid semi-monthly)
  • Profit-sharing bonus and performance-driven compensation
  • Remote-first team with international colleagues
  • Competitive benefits package
  • Opportunity for rapid career growth and high-impact ownership
  • Inclusive, diverse work culture
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