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Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer

StackAdapt
London
5 months ago
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StackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI-powered StackAdapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey. The most forward-thinking marketers choose StackAdapt to orchestrate high-impact campaigns across programmatic advertising and marketing channels.We're looking to add Senior and Staff Machine Learning Engineers to our Data Science team! This team works on solving complex problems for StackAdapt's digital advertising platform. You'll be working directly with our Data Scientists, Machine Learning engineers, Engineering teams, and our CTO/Co-Founder on building pipelines and ad optimization models. With databases that process millions of requests per second, there's no shortage of data and problems to tackle.Want to learn more about our Data Science Team: Learn more about our team culture here: Watch our talk at Amazon Tech Talks: StackAdapt is a Remote First company, and we are open to candidates located anywhere in the UK for this position.

What you'll be doing:

Design modular and scalable real time data pipelines to handle huge datasets Suggest, implement, and coordinate architectural improvements for big data ML pipelines Understand and implement custom ML algorithms in a low latency environment Work on microservice architectures that run training, inference, and monitoring on thousands of ML models concurrently

What you'll bring to the table:

Have the ability to take an ambiguously defined task, and break it down into actionable steps Ability to follow through complex projects to completion, both by independent implementation and by coordinating others Have deep understanding of algorithm and software design, concurrency, and data structures Experience in implementing probabilistic or machine learning algorithms Experience in designing scalable distributed systems A high GPA from a well-respected Computer Science program or equivalent experience in a competitive, innovative, tech company Enjoy working in a friendly, collaborative environment with others

StackAdapters enjoy:

Competitive salary Private Medical Insurance cover Auto-enrolment into the company pension scheme Work from home reimbursements Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, etc) An awesome parental leave policy A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture Our social and team events (virtually!) Take part in our walk and wander policy and work anywhere in the world for up to 90 days a year

If this role speaks to you then please apply - we'd love to speak with you. Due to a high volume of interest, only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted. StackAdapt is a diverse and inclusive team of collaborative, hardworking individuals trying to make a dent in the universe. No matter who you are, where you are from, who you love, follow in faith, disability (or superpower) status, ethnicity, or the gender you identify with (if you’re comfortable, let us know your pronouns), you are welcome at StackAdapt. If you have any requests or requirements to support you throughout any part of the interview process, please let our Talent team know.About StackAdaptWe've been recognized for our diverse and supportive workplace, high performing campaigns, award-winning customer service, and innovation. We've been awarded: and by Great Place to Work®#LI-Remote

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