Braze is looking for a Lead Machine Learning Engineer to lead a team building next-generation personalization and optimization systems. You will balance hands-on technical work with team leadership, driving both technical excellence and measurable business impact.
What You'll Do
- 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)
What We're Looking For
- 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
Nice to Have
- Experience in adtech, e-commerce, or content platforms
- Published papers or significant ML contributions
- Experience with multi-objective optimization
- Knowledge of reinforcement learning for personalization
Team & Environment
You will lead a team of 3-5 ML engineers in a high-growth, high-performance culture where speed, ownership, and measurable impact drive success.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $130,000 - $250,000 per year
- Profit-sharing bonus
- Competitive benefits
Work Mode
This is a remote position. Candidates should be based in or near Riverside, CA.
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