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Staff Software Engineer, Conversion ML

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As a Staff Software Engineer in the Conversion ML group, you will design and implement ML pipelines, enhance team productivity, and improve model performance through effective monitoring and automation.
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Liftoff is a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform for the mobile app economy. Our end-to-end technology stack helps app marketers acquire and retain high-value users, while enabling publishers to maximize revenue across programmatic and direct demand.

Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.

As a Software Engineer on the Conversion ML group, you will:

  • Design & implement reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient ML pipelines – Build and scale efficient pipelines for real-time and batch processing.
  • Gain hands-on experience with training and serving ML models at scale.
  • Develop software that enhances team productivity.
  • Model Monitoring & Improvement – Track performance, detect drift, and automate retraining.
  • Work with an experienced team of ML, Software, and Infrastructure Engineers
  • Use strong communication skills (verbal and written) to explain statistical and machine learning concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Be part of an “engineering excellence” culture through state-of-the-art tools, risk-driven testing, explainable systems, and code review.

Requirements:

  • 8+ years of industry experience in Software Engineering and/or Infrastructure
  • B.S. or higher in Computer Science
  • Very strong coding ability
  • Experience with Machine Learning, PyTorch and PySpark
  • Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures, and algorithms
  • Experience building machine learning tooling and/or platforms
  • Good team communication and collaboration skills

Nice to haves: 

  • Previous experience in ad-tech
  • Python, Golang

Working at Liftoff is fast-paced, fun, and challenging, and we thrive on innovation. Come join our team and help shape the future of the mobile app ecosystem. If this role sounds interesting to you, we would love to hear from you!

Locations:

This role is eligible for full-time remote work preferably in Pacific Standard Time Zone.

Travel Expectations:

We offer several opportunities for in-person team gatherings, including but not limited to project meetings, regional meetups, and company-wide events. We expect our employees to attend these gatherings at least once per quarter. These gatherings provide essential opportunities for collaboration, communication, and team building.

Compensation: 

Liftoff offers all employees a full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence. Base compensation will vary based on candidate's location and experience.

The following are our base salary ranges for this role: 

  • SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County: $200,000 - $250,000 
  • Seattle/Olympia, San Diego, Santa Barbara: $185,000 - $230,000 
  • All other cities and towns in our approved states: $175,000 - $215,000

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Liftoff is committed to providing and maintaining a work environment where all employees and candidates are treated with dignity and respect and that is free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. Liftoff is further committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all employees and candidates for employment free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender (including sexual harassment, gender harassment, and harassment due to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin, English-proficiency or accent, or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition(s), genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status, family care status, requesting or taking pregnancy, parental or disability leave, requesting an accommodation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance. All such discrimination and harassment is unlawful and will not be tolerated. Liftoff maintains a continued commitment to equal employment opportunity and expects the full cooperation of all personnel.


Liftoff's Compensation Strategy

Liftoff's compensation strategy includes competitive market rate along with equity and benefits and perks that will give our employees what they need to do their best work. In order to ensure teams are compensated fairly for the work performed, we map out specific levels and take into consideration the cost of labor within each location. Liftoff provides employees a total compensation package of competitive market salaries, equity, health and wellness stipends, medical benefits associated with your country of residence. The base compensation will vary based on location, experience as well as level.


Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:

Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.

Top Skills

Go
Machine Learning
Pyspark
Python
PyTorch

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