Lead Machine Learning Engineer - Remote

Overview

The Lead Machine Learning Engineer will lead a team of ML engineers to build next-generation personalization and optimization systems, balancing technical work with leadership.

In Short

• 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

• 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.

Benefits

• Impactful work in a high-growth company.
• Diverse and inclusive team and culture.
• Equal Employment Opportunity employer.