Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Modeling

LE130 Unity Technologies SF; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Life & Disability Insurance

Equity / Stock ownership

Generous vacation & personal days

Parental leave support

Commuter subsidy

Office snacks

Job summary

Unity Technologies in Mountain View is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join the Vector Ads Modeling team. You will advance ads recommendation algorithms to deliver personalized ads experiences at scale.

You will collaborate with engineering and product teams to productionize research and apply state-of-the-art ML/DL to user behavior modeling in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience applying state-of-the-art ML and deep learning models to real-world problems, especially user behavior modeling.
• Proficiency in Python and PyTorch and deep learning frameworks.
• Data & analytics: strong in metric design, large-scale data analysis, and distributed computing.
• Strategic impact: ability to drive end-to-end projects delivering measurable business results.

Responsibilities

• Understand ads business, including product offerings, advertisers goals, ads serving funnel, and rich real-time data.
• Drive foundational research for new models and paradigms.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to productionalize research.

Skills

User behavior modeling

Python

PyTorch

Deep learning

Distributed computing

Metrics design

Job description

The Opportunity

Unity Vector represents the next generation of our AI-powered advertising ecosystem, a forward-looking evolution of our machine learning infrastructure and models. We are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our Vector Ads Modeling team. In this role, you will work with a high-performing high-impact team to advance ads recommendation algorithms to deliver personalized ads experience.

What you'll be doing

• Understand ads business, including product offering, advertisers goals, ads serving funnel, and rich real-time and dynamic user interaction data.
• Drive foundational research for new models and paradigms.
• Leverage rich user data and large-scale compute to validate models rapidly.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to productionalize research.

What we're looking for

• Expertise: Hands-on experience applying state-of-the-art machine learning and deep learning models to complex real-world problems, specifically in the domains of user behavior modeling.
• Proficiency in Python, Pytorch and deep learning frameworks.
• Data & Analytics: Solid understanding of metric design, large-scale data analysis, and distributed computing frameworks.
• Strategic Impact: Proven ability to drive projects end-to-end, solving critical cross-team problems and delivering measurable business results.

Additional information

Gross Annual Salary: $148,700 - $244,600 USD This range reflects the anticipated base salary for this position. Beyond base salary, this role may be eligible for equity awards and participation in our company incentive plans (such as annual discretionary bonuses or sales commissions). The final offer amount will depend on several factors, including geographic location and the candidate’s relevant experience, professional background, and skill set.

Benefits At Unity

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Commute subsidy
• Employee stock ownership
• Competitive retirement/pension plans
• Generous vacation and personal days
• Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs
• Office food snacks
• Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
• Employee Resource Groups
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Training and development programs
• Volunteering and donation matching program

Life at Unity

Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D - closing the gap between ideas and reality.

For more information, please visit www.unity.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators.

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