Title : Sr. Machine Learning Engineer

Location: Seattle, WA or Los Angeles, CA (HYBRID 3 days ONSITE)

Duration: 24 month contract

Compensation: $100-110/hr

Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer - Long Term Project - Hybrid (Seattle or Los Angeles)

Description/Comment:

Ad Platforms organization within Technology division is fully responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining the high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Advertising Platform. We build and maintain proprietary technology, ranging from ad serving and ad delivery, campaign management, reporting as well as all the integrations internal and external that come with evolving and maintaining a best-in-class video advertising business. The Ad Platform Research team is under Ad Platforms and its mission is to transform advertising and Ad platform with data and AI across TV and streaming video. We build solutions to measure and optimize every aspect of the advertising life cycle. Our tenet is to build a strong cross-domain team to deliver E2E solutions covering tech areas ranging from machine learning, big data, microservices to data visualization. Our team is seeking a lead machine learning engineer who will be an outstanding addition and leading development for prediction or optimization engines for addressable ad platforms. The right person for this role should be experienced in crafting implementation for either machine learning technologies or data-driven algorithms. If you are someone who is proactive, inquisitive, and innovative in either these domains, this is a phenomenal role for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Drive ground-breaking innovation and apply state of the art machine learning statistics or analytics in a variety of areas in every aspect of advertising, including inventory forecasting, planning, pricing, targeting, decisioning, and efficient ad delivery.
• Invent and iterate novel solutions to challenging ad related problems in fast turn around
• Develop scalable and efficient methods for large scale data analysis and model development. Build and experiment brand new algorithms and models e2e throughout production rollout and continuous optimization.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, program managers, and product managers in an open, and creative environment.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in computer science or EE
• 4 years of working experience on machine learning, and statistics in leading internet companies.
• Experience in the advertising domain is preferred.
• Solid understanding on ML technologies, mathematics and statistics.
• Proficient with Java, Python, Scala, Spark, SQL, large scale ML/DL platforms and processing tech stack.
• Passion to understand the ad business and apply accurate research study according to the business scenario, and seek innovation opportunities to enhance business effectiveness
• Passion for technology, open to interdisciplinary work, and experience in building data-driven services and applications.
• Proven track record of thriving in a fast-paced, data-driven, collaborative and iterative applied research environment is required
• Mentor team members, and guide their technical development

Preferences

• Experience in digital video advertising or digital marketing domain
• Experience with feature store, audience segmentation and MLOps
• Experience with PyTorch, Tensorflow, Kubeflow, Sagemaker or Databricks.

Required Education: BA/BS Degree

Our benefits package includes:

• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Competitive pay, 401(k)
• Retirement plan
• and much more!

About INSPYR Solutions:

As a leading information technology partner, we connect top IT talent with our clients to provide innovative business solutions through our IT Staffing, Professional Services, and Infrastructure Solutions divisions. We understand and value the unique needs of highly-skilled information technology professionals in the industry and always strive to stay above the curve. Our company was founded on the following core values: Be the Best, Understand the Urgency, Never Ever Give Up, Have the Courage to Excel, and Make a Contribution. We take pride in our business model and strive to create a positive workplace environment through an exemplary culture.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.