Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Modeling

About the role

The Senior Machine Learning Engineer will work with a high-impact team to advance ads recommendation algorithms, focusing on user behavior modeling. The role involves understanding Unity's ads business, driving foundational research, and collaborating with engineering and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Understand Unity ads business, including product offering, advertisers goals, ads serving funnel, and rich real-time and dynamic user interaction data.
• Drive foundational research for new models and paradigms.
• Leverage rich user data and large-scale compute to validate models rapidly.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to productionalize research.

Requirements

• Expertise: Hands-on experience applying state-of-the-art machine learning and deep learning models to complex real-world problems, specifically in the domains of user behavior modeling.
• Proficiency in Python, Pytorch and deep learning frameworks.
• Data & Analytics: Solid understanding of metric design, large-scale data analysis, and distributed computing frameworks.
• Strategic Impact: Proven ability to drive projects end-to-end, solving critical cross-team problems and delivering measurable business results.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in machine learning and/or deep learning.
• Experience with large-scale data processing and machine learning frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Skills

• Python programming.
• Experience with PyTorch or similar deep learning frameworks.
• Understanding of machine learning algorithms and their applications.
• Experience with distributed computing and cloud platforms.

Benefits

At Unity, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance.
• Commute subsidy.
• Employee stock ownership plan.
• Competitive retirement/pension plans.
• Generous vacation and personal days.
• Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs.
• Office food snacks.
• Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support.
• Employee Resource Groups.
• Global Employee Assistance Program.
• Training and development programs.
• Volunteering and donation matching program.