Lead Engineer, Ads in California

About the Role:
We are looking for an experienced Tech Lead Machine Learning Engineer to join an innovative global leader in digital advertising. The Brand Ads team is responsible for some of the most advanced and scalable ad systems used by top global brands. This role offers the opportunity to lead the development of new monetization products, working on everything from ads ranking to forecasting and bidding algorithms.

What You'll Do:

• Lead the development of innovative ad products to drive user engagement and revenue.
• Oversee the development of large-scale ads systems, including ranking, forecasting, and bidding algorithms.
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About the Role:
We are looking for an experienced and innovative Tech Lead Machine Learning Engineer to join a leading global team focused on building technologies that drive business growth through branded advertising. In this role, you will work on a diverse range of ad products including reservation ads, auction ads, and content ads that help brands increase visibility and achieve business goals. You will have the opportunity to influence the entire ad delivery tech stack, including ad bidding, ranking, and forecasting, while collaborating closely with product and engineering teams in a fast-paced, global environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop innovative monetization products that enhance user engagement and generate revenue.
• Lead the development of a large-scale Ads system, working with a world-class team of engineers.
• Contribute to the creation and refinement of Ads algorithms using...

We’re looking for an experienced engineer to help build innovative monetization products that drive both user engagement and revenue across our platforms. As part of our dynamic team, you'll play a key role in developing and optimizing large-scale ad systems, leveraging cutting-edge machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and computer vision (CV) technologies to enhance content understanding, ad targeting, and taxonomy.

In this fast-paced, rapidly growing environment, your contributions will have a direct impact on the evolution of our ad products, helping shape the future of digital advertising with speed, precision, and quality.

What You'll Do:

• Build Monetization Products: Design and implement innovative ad products that drive revenue and enhance user engagement across platforms.
• Develop Large-Scale Ad Systems: Work on the architecture and development of high-performance, scalable ad systems that...

About SmartNews

At SmartNews, we are building the future of news — a future where delivering quality information enriches and informs. Thanks to our unique machine learning technology and relationships with more than 3,000 global publisher partners, we provide news that matters to millions of users.

Founded in 2012 in Tokyo, SmartNews also has offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, New York, and Singapore. If you share our vision and are passionate about our mission, we encourage you to apply!

The Team

The Ads Engineering team plays a pivotal role in powering the ads business, ensuring sustained durability for the company to fulfill its mission. We are seeking talented individuals to enhance this state-of-the-art system, working as key technical leaders within the cross-functional Ads Infrastructure, Machine Learning, and Customer Experience teams. We are looking for a standout individual contributor to help propel our...