Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Job Description

<p><p>Launch Potato is a profitable digital media company that reaches over 30M+ monthly visitors through brands such as FinanceBuzz, All About Cookies, and OnlyInYourState.</p><p>As The Discovery and Conversion Company, our mission is to connect consumers with the world’s leading brands through data-driven content and technology.</p><p>Headquartered in South Florida with a remote-first team spanning over 15 countries, we’ve built a high-growth, high-performance culture where speed, ownership, and measurable impact drive success.</p><p><b>Why Join Us?</b></p><p>At Launch Potato, you’ll accelerate your career by owning outcomes, moving fast, and driving impact with a global team of high-performers.</p><p><b>Your Role</b></p><p>Lead a team of ML engineers building next-generation personalization and optimization systems. You'll balance hands-on technical work with team leadership, driving both technical excellence and business impact. This role requires someone who can architect complex systems while mentoring others and collaborating across organizations.</p><p><b>What You'll Do</b></p><ul><li>Lead a team of 3-5 ML engineers building personalization systems</li><li>Architect multi-stage ranking systems (retrieval → ranking → re-ranking)</li><li>Define technical roadmap aligned with business objectives</li><li>Drive improvements in model quality, system reliability, and development velocity</li><li>Establish best practices for model development and deployment</li><li>Partner with product, data science, and engineering teams</li><li>Contribute hands-on to critical model development (50% coding)</li></ul><p><b>What We're Looking For</b></p><ul><li>7+ years in ML engineering, 2+ years leading technical teams</li><li>Deep expertise in large-scale personalization systems</li><li>Experience with modern ML architectures (two-tower, transformer-based, graph neural networks)</li><li>Strong system design skills for ML infrastructure</li><li>Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical decisions</li><li>Experience managing stakeholder relationships and project delivery</li><li>BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience</li></ul><p><b>Nice to Have</b></p><ul><li>Experience in adtech, e-commerce, or content platforms</li><li>Published papers or significant ML contributions</li><li>Experience with multi-objective optimization</li><li>Knowledge of reinforcement learning for personalization</li></ul><p>Since day one, we've been committed to having a diverse, inclusive team and culture. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity company. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion.</p><p>We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.</p></p> #J-18808-Ljbffr