As a Machine Learning Engineer at Liftoff, you will:

• Take ownership of both the ML models and the underlying software tooling and infrastructure. 
• Have a closed feedback loop from hypothesis generation to live AB testing, with no cross-team friction and sub-day iteration cycles.
• Take on unique modeling challenges not covered in the scientific literature, like extreme positive sample sparsity and labelling delay.
• Work with modeling techniques at the state-of-the-art of probability prediction, as well as a multitude of other ML areas from NLP to CNNs.
• Become an expert in Clojure, Go, and the many other cutting-edge open source technologies that maximize our development velocity.
• Join a nimble, consistently excellent, and experienced engineering team (former Google/LI/Ooyala/etc) and have a high business impact!

Desired qualities and experience: 

• 10+ years of industry experience
• 4+ years of experience applying Machine Learning to large scale problems in advertising technology (adtech)
• Strong coding ability - experience in Go and Clojure is a plus, but not required
• Strong core CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, architecting systems)
• A passion for quality and excellence, and the ability to temper it when necessary to ship
• Sets ego aside in pursuit of finding the best solution, no matter where it comes from
• B.S. or higher in Computer Science or related field. PhD a big plus

Location:

This role eligible for full-time remote work in one of our entities: CA, CO, ID, IL, FL, GA, MA, MN, MO, NJ, NV, NC, OR, RI, TX, UT, and WA. We are a remote-first company with US hubs in Redwood City, Los Angeles, and NYC.

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 location and experience. The following are our base salary ranges for this role: 

SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County: $177,000 - $280,700
Seattle/Olympia, Austin, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Boston: $159,300 - $252,630
All other cities and towns in our approved states: $150,450 - $238,595

Working at Liftoff is fast-paced, fun, and challenging, and we thrive on innovation. Come join the rocket ship and help shape the future of the mobile app ecosystem with us! 

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