Lead AI Engineer, Ad Bidding & Budget Optimization (SF)

Inventure; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Inventure in San Francisco is seeking an ML Engineer to own the intelligence layer of ad bidding and budget optimization, with hands-on responsibility for decisions that directly impact live campaigns.

The role requires deep production experience with closed-loop optimization, RL or bandits, and a track record of delivering real ROI from live spend. This is a full-on onsite position in SF, visa sponsorship available.

Responsibilities

• Build the decision engine: bid changes, budget reallocation, pause and boost calls, and postback optimization.
• Design the learning loop so outcomes continually improve campaign strategy.
• Write optimization policies from simple rules to reinforcement learning.
• Coordinate multiple agents reasoning over campaign context and their outputs.
• Own the number: accountable for spend returns and decision quality.

Job description

Inventure in San Francisco is seeking an ML Engineer to own the intelligence layer of ad bidding and budget optimization, with hands-on responsibility for decisions that directly impact live campaigns.

The role requires deep production experience with closed-loop optimization, RL or bandits, and a track record of delivering real ROI from live spend. This is a full-on onsite position in SF, visa sponsorship available.