Principal Machine Learning Engineer
About The Position
Launch Potato is a profitable digital media company that reaches over 30M+ monthly visitors through brands such as FinanceBuzz , All About Cookies , and OnlyInYourState . As The Discovery and Conversion Company, our mission is to connect consumers with the world’s leading brands through data-driven content and technology. 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. At Launch Potato, you’ll accelerate your career by owning outcomes, moving fast, and driving impact with a global team of high-performers. Your Role As our Principal ML Engineer, you'll 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 across the company.
Requirements
- 10+ years building ML systems, with deep personalization expertise
- Recognized expert in ML systems (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 (deep learning, bandits, causal ML, graph methods)
- Ability to influence without authority and drive consensus
- Exceptional communication skills for technical and executive audiences
- Advanced ML architectures at scale
- Real-time ML systems and edge deployment
- Multi-stakeholder marketplace optimization
- Online learning and adaptive systems
- Privacy-preserving personalization
Responsibilities
- Design company-wide personalization architecture and strategy
- Solve complex technical challenges (cold start, exploration/exploitation, 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
Benefits
- profit-sharing bonus
- competitive benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
