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Launch Potato

Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Launch Potato, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127

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Overview

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. Role:

Lead a team of ML engineers building next-generation personalization and optimization systems. Balance hands-on technical work with team leadership, architect complex systems, mentor others, and collaborate across the organization to drive technical excellence and business impact. What You'll Do Lead a team of 3-5 ML engineers building personalization systems Architect multi-stage ranking systems (retrieval → ranking → re-ranking) Define technical roadmap aligned with business objectives Drive improvements in model quality, system reliability, and development velocity Establish best practices for model development and deployment Partner with product, data science, and engineering teams Contribute hands-on to critical model development (50% coding) What We're Looking For 7+ years in ML engineering, 2+ years leading technical teams Deep expertise in large-scale personalization systems Experience with modern ML architectures (two-tower, transformer-based, graph neural networks) Strong system design skills for ML infrastructure Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical decisions Experience managing stakeholder relationships and project delivery BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience Nice to Have Experience in adtech, e-commerce, or content platforms Published papers or significant ML contributions Experience with multi-objective optimization Knowledge of reinforcement learning for personalization Compensation : $130,000 - $250,000 Total Compensation : Base salary is set according to market rates for the nearest major metro and varies based on Launch Potato’s Levels Framework. Your compensation package includes a base salary, profit-sharing bonus, and competitive benefits. Launch Potato is a performance-driven company, which means future increases are based on company and personal performance, not annual cost-of-living adjustments. Apply

now to accelerate your career. We are committed to a diverse, inclusive team and culture. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and value diversity, equity, and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, protected veteran status, disability status, or other legally protected characteristics. Employment details

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Engineering and Information Technology Industries: Advertising Services We do not include irrelevant postings or boilerplate in the description. Referrals and other job-related postings shown are not part of this summary.

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