Senior Applied Machine Learning Engineer

QuinStreet; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online performance marketing company is seeking a Senior Algorithms Engineer to develop algorithms for pricing and targeting in their marketing platform. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in machine learning, statistical techniques, and software development. This role offers a collaborative environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flexible Vacation Policy

401K Retirement Plan

Mental Health Programs

Continuing Education Programs

Home Office Stipend

Qualifications

• 3+ years post Ph.D. experience in software development.
• Deep experience in applied machine learning and scalable computing.

Responsibilities

• Create algorithms for pricing, targeting, and fraud detection.
• Experiment and build models to improve marketing platform capabilities.

Skills

Machine Learning

Statistical Learning

Mathematical Optimization

Collaboration

Ownership

Education

Ph.D.

MS in Computer Science

Tools

Python

Job description

You are creative, passionate, and intellectually curious. Where others see obstacles, you see opportunities. When others talk about problems, you focus on creating solutions. If your entrepreneurial mindset drives you to succeed, you're what we're looking for in future employees!

QuinStreet cultivates a work environment built on teamwork, drive, growth, recognition, and fun. Check out our job listings and find out what a future on the QS Team could mean for you!

Remote/Hybrid Culture

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Maternal/Paternal Benefits

Flexible Vacation Policy

Coverage

Leadership Development

Competitive Salaries

Home Office Stipend

Continuing Education Programs

401K Retirement Plan

Employee Resource Groups

Mental Health Programs

Employee Spotlight

There is no “average” employee here. We all come from different backgrounds, which is one of our greatest strengths. It allows us to see things from new perspectives and listen to each other with open minds.

One of the largest and most successful online performance marketing companies in the world.

Senior Applied Machine Learning Engineer

United States

Powering Performance Marketplaces in Digital Media

QuinStreet is a pioneer in powering decentralized onlinemarketplaces that match searchers and “research and compare” consumers with brands. We run these virtual- and private-label marketplaces in one of the nation’s largest media networks.

Our industry leading segmentation and AI-drivenmatching technologies help consumers find better solutions and brands faster.They allow brands to target and reach in-market customer prospects with pinpoint segment-by-segment accuracy, and to pay only for performance results.

Our campaign-results-driven matching decision engines and optimization algorithms are built from over 20 years and billions of dollars of online media experience.

We believe in:

• The direct measurability of digital media.
• Performance marketing. (We pioneered it.)
• The advantages of technology.

We bring all this together to deliver truly great results for consumers and brands in the world’s biggest channel.

Job Category

We’re looking for an extremely smart Senior Algorithms Engineer to become a core member the team that creates algorithms for pricing, targeting, demand fulfillment, and fraud detection in our marketing platform.

Responsibilities

• Use your expertise in machine learning and statistical learning techniques such as classification and regression to produce models applicable to pricing and targeting.
• Apply mathematical optimization techniques to solve network problems.
• Experiment and build models that improve the capabilities of our marketing platform and allow for increases in yield.
• Work with our Engineering and Business teams to implement scalable, reliable and useful solutions for our various business units.
• Run numerous experiments in a fast-paced, analytical culture so you can quickly learn and adapt your work.
• Get the satisfaction of knowing that you helped connect millions of visitors to our affiliates and internal properties to the products and services they are searching for.

Requirements

• 3+ years post Ph.D. experience in software development
• MS in Computer Science or related area, or relevant work experience
• Deep experience in applied machine learning, statistical learning, mathematical optimization and scalable computing
• Experience with both supervised and unsupervised learning on large datasets
• Succeed as an individual but to collaborate and strive for the success of your team
• Strong sense of ownership in everything you build
• Strong experience building production level code (Python is a plus)

The expected salary range for this position is $170,000 USD to $200,000 USD annually. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company’s compensation practices. The salary may be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location. The position is also eligible to receive performance bonus or commission and equity in the form of restricted stock units. This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s standard employee benefits programs, which currently include health care benefits; (2) retirement benefits; (3) the amount of paid days off (paid sick leave, parental leave, paid time off, or vacation benefits); (4) any other tax-reportable benefits.

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