Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Ranking
LaddersAbout the role
For our client, we are seeking a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Ranking to join the team of a leader in the Media space.
This role will lead advanced machine learning efforts that improve ranking quality and help shape the performance of advertising systems. You will partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to translate model improvements into meaningful business outcomes. The position also calls for strong technical leadership, including setting direction for experimentation, evaluation, and scalable ML workflows in a fast-moving, data-driven environment.
Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $292,500 – $409,500 annually
Responsibilities
Develop advanced ML models and the workflows that improve them.
Use AI-assisted tools to analyze model behavior and automate processes.
Establish reliable processes for data analysis and performance optimization.
Design evaluation systems for model outcomes and workflow quality.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align modeling improvements with business impact.
Set technical direction, mentor engineers, and elevate modeling standards.
Qualifications
9+ years of experience in ML engineering or related fields with proven impact in production.
Demonstrated leadership at a Senior Staff level with cross-team influence.
Strong modeling expertise in data, architecture, and experimentation techniques.
Evidence of utilizing agentic AI tools for effective ML outcomes, not just efficiency.
Ability to create trustworthy evaluations for autonomous workflows.
Proficient in Python and familiar with modern ML frameworks and data tools.
Excellent communication and a collaborative, low-ego leadership style.
Benefits
100% remote work opportunity with office locations for hybrid preference.
Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
Generous parental leave policy of over 4 months.
Flexible vacation policy to encourage work-life balance.
Paid volunteer time off to support community involvement.
401(k) matching to help with retirement savings.
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.
Responsibilities
- Develop advanced ML models and the workflows that improve them.
- Use AI-assisted tools to analyze model behavior and automate processes.
- Establish reliable processes for data analysis and performance optimization.
- Design evaluation systems for model outcomes and workflow quality.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align modeling improvements with business impact.
- Set technical direction, mentor engineers, and elevate modeling standards.
Qualifications
- 9+ years of experience in ML engineering or related fields with proven impact in production.
- Demonstrated leadership at a Senior Staff level with cross-team influence.
- Strong modeling expertise in data, architecture, and experimentation techniques.
- Evidence of utilizing agentic AI tools for effective ML outcomes, not just efficiency.
- Ability to create trustworthy evaluations for autonomous workflows.
- Proficient in Python and familiar with modern ML frameworks and data tools.
- Excellent communication and a collaborative, low-ego leadership style.
Benefits
- 100% remote work opportunity with office locations for hybrid preference.
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
- Generous parental leave policy of over 4 months.
- Flexible vacation policy to encourage work-life balance.
- Paid volunteer time off to support community involvement.
- 401(k) matching to help with retirement savings.
Skills mentioned
About Ladders
We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.
H-1B sponsorship history
Historical employer filing data was found for Ladders. The employer record includes 8 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.