Senior Machine Learning Engineer Recommendation... @ Launch Potato
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About Launch Potato
Launch Potato is a profitable digital media company reaching over 30M+ monthly visitors through brands like FinanceBuzz, All About Cookies, and OnlyInYourState. Headquartered in South Florida with a remote-first global team, the company connects consumers with leading brands via data-driven content and technology.
Why Join Us?
At Launch Potato, you will accelerate your career by owning outcomes and driving impact with a high-performing, global team. The role focuses on converting audience attention into action through data, machine learning, and continuous optimization.
The Role: Senior Machine Learning Engineer Recommendation Systems
You will build the personalization engine behind our portfolio of brands by designing, deploying, and scaling ML systems that deliver real-time recommendations across millions of user journeys.
Key Responsibilities & Outcomes
- Build and deploy ML models serving 100M+ predictions per day.
- Enhance data pipelines using Spark, Beam, or Dask.
- Design and implement ranking algorithms balancing relevance and revenue.
- Deliver real-time personalization with latency under 50ms.
- Run rigorous A/B tests to measure business impact.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and analytics teams.
- Implement monitoring systems ensuring model reliability.
Required Skills & Competencies
- 5+ years designing and scaling production ML systems.
- Expertise with ranking algorithms and real-time recommendations.
- Proficient in Python with TensorFlow or PyTorch frameworks.
- Skilled in SQL and modern data warehouse technologies.
- Experience with distributed computing (Spark, Ray) and LLM frameworks.
- Track record of optimizing business KPIs via ML personalization.
- Familiarity with A/B testing platforms and best practices.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is set by market rates, with additional profit-sharing bonus and competitive benefits. Future increases are based on performance.
Commitment to Diversity
Launch Potato is an Equal Employment Opportunity company, committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Key skills/competency
- Machine Learning
- Recommendation
- Personalization
- Ranking Algorithms
- Data Pipelines
- Python
- TensorFlow
- SQL
- Spark
- A/B Testing
How to Get Hired at Launch Potato
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Research Launch Potato's culture: Study mission, values, and recent news.
- Customize your resume: Highlight scalable ML system experience.
- Emphasize technical skills: Detail Python, TensorFlow, and SQL expertise.
- Prepare for interviews: Practice ML algorithms and real-time systems scenarios.