Staff Machine Learning Researcher

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Staff Machine Learning Researcher advancing deep-learning advertising technology at RTB House. Designing production models, researching bidding solutions, analyzing A/B tests, and mentoring ML researchers.

Responsibilities:

  • Identify, define, and drive research projects with company-wide scope and direct impact on core metrics
  • Design and implement models, often deep neural networks, to predict Internet users’ behavior and preferences
  • Develop and test new modeling approaches for issues such as bidding in first-price auctions
  • Conduct and analyze A/B tests of new solutions
  • Follow and analyze the latest Machine Learning research and translate it into practical improvements
  • Mentor researchers and shape research practices across teams
  • Own projects end to end, from conception and analysis through research, proof of concept, testing, implementation, and deployment
  • Write code, train models, run experiments, and ship production ML systems
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and organize work effectively

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience as a researcher or engineer
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with Machine Learning / Data Science
  • Proficiency in programming
  • Sound mathematical knowledge and intuitions
  • Ability to solve unclear problems by defining goals, success measures, and effective solutions
  • Hands-on ML expertise, including writing code, training models, running experiments, and deploying production systems
  • Results-oriented approach focused on simple, effective solutions
  • Leadership skills to identify high-potential projects, create a vision, communicate with stakeholders, and execute
  • End-to-end project ownership
  • Effective communication and work organization
  • Strong theoretical mathematics framework in statistics, probability, discrete mathematics, and combinatorics (nice to have)
  • AdTech experience (a plus, not required)

Benefits:

  • Attractive compensation
  • Access to the latest technologies and opportunity to use them in large-scale and highly dynamic projects
  • Working on extensive and rich datasets
  • Work with immediate global business impact
  • Mentoring opportunities and impact through mentoring less experienced colleagues
  • Remote and on-site work possible
  • Flexible working hours
  • Knowledge-sharing culture with experienced ML professionals
  • No-BS work environment
  • Purpose-driven work with practical applications directly connected to business results