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Lead Machine Learning Engineer

A digital media company with a portfolio of brands and technologies, connecting advertisers to customers throughout the consumer journey.
Vancouver, BC, CanadaDelray Beach, FL, USA
Machine Learning
Staff Software Engineer
Remote
101 - 500 Employees
7+ years of experience
AI · Enterprise SaaS · Advertising

Job Description

Launch Potato, a dynamic digital media company headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Engineer to spearhead their personalization and optimization systems development. This role offers a unique blend of technical leadership and hands-on engineering, where you'll lead a team of 3-5 ML engineers while maintaining 50% coding responsibilities. The position requires expertise in large-scale personalization systems, modern ML architectures, and system design. As a leader, you'll be responsible for architecting complex systems, mentoring team members, and driving technical excellence while ensuring business impact. The company boasts an international team across multiple countries and offers a diverse, energetic culture focused on high performance and entrepreneurial spirit. This role is perfect for someone who can balance technical depth with leadership skills and wants to make a significant impact in a profitable, high-growth company. The position offers remote work flexibility while being part of a company that values diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Responsibilities For Lead Machine Learning Engineer

  • Lead a team of 3-5 ML engineers building personalization systems
  • Architect multi-stage ranking systems (retrieval → ranking → re-ranking)
  • Define technical roadmap aligned with business objectives
  • Drive improvements in model quality, system reliability, and development velocity
  • Establish best practices for model development and deployment
  • Partner with product, data science, and engineering teams
  • Contribute hands-on to critical model development (50% coding)

Requirements For Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Python
  • 7+ years in ML engineering, 2+ years leading technical teams
  • Deep expertise in large-scale personalization systems
  • Experience with modern ML architectures (two-tower, transformer-based, graph neural networks)
  • Strong system design skills for ML infrastructure
  • Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical decisions
  • Experience managing stakeholder relationships and project delivery
  • BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

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