Senior ML Engineer - Real-Time Personalization

Launch Potato; Halifax; Remote; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital media company in Halifax is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to build and optimize the recommendation systems that personalize experiences for millions of users. This role involves deploying ML models, improving data pipelines, and collaborating with engineering teams. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in building production ML systems and a strong background in ranking algorithms. A commitment to a diverse and inclusive team is central to this position.

Qualifications

• 5 years building and scaling production ML systems with measurable business impact.
• Experience deploying ML systems serving 100M predictions daily.
• Track record of improving business KPIs via ML-powered personalization.

Responsibilities

• Drive business growth by optimizing the recommendation systems.
• Own modeling, feature engineering, data pipelines, and experimentation.
• Implement monitoring systems to maintain model reliability.

Skills

Building and scaling production ML systems

Ranking algorithms (collaborative filtering, learning-to-rank, deep learning)

Python and ML frameworks (TensorFlow or PyTorch)

SQL and data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)

Distributed computing (Spark, Ray)

Tools

MLflow

W&B

Job description

A digital media company in Halifax is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to build and optimize the recommendation systems that personalize experiences for millions of users. This role involves deploying ML models, improving data pipelines, and collaborating with engineering teams. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in building production ML systems and a strong background in ranking algorithms. A commitment to a diverse and inclusive team is central to this position.