Launch Potato is looking for a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to be the technical visionary for our personalization and optimization systems. This is an individual contributor role for a deep technical expert who will define our ML architecture, solve our hardest technical challenges, and influence ML strategy.
What You'll Do
- Design company-wide personalization architecture and strategy.
- Solve complex technical challenges like cold start, exploration/exploitation, and real-time learning.
- Research and implement state-of-the-art ML techniques.
- Define standards and patterns used across all ML teams.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple quarters.
- Mentor senior engineers and review critical technical decisions.
- Represent the company in the external ML community.
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years building ML systems, with deep personalization expertise.
- Recognized expert in ML systems, demonstrated by publications, patents, or industry impact.
- Experience architecting ML platforms serving billions of predictions.
- Track record of 0→1 innovation in personalization systems.
- Expertise in multiple approaches like deep learning, bandits, causal ML, and graph methods.
- Ability to influence without authority and drive consensus.
- Exceptional communication skills for technical and executive audiences.
- Advanced experience with ML architectures at scale.
- Expertise in real-time ML systems and edge deployment.
- Experience with multi-stakeholder marketplace optimization.
- Knowledge of online learning, adaptive systems, and privacy-preserving personalization.
Work Mode
This role is open to candidates in a global work mode.
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.
