Sr. AI Engineering Manager, Ads AI

LinkedIn; California; Hybrid; USD 198,000 - 326,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Ads Attribution & Companies team in Mountain View, owning end-to-end measurement, privacy-safe signal integration, multi-touch attribution, and large-scale data platforms that power advertiser insights. You will set the technical vision and roadmap, partner with Product, Data Science, Sales and Legal, and grow an inclusive, high-performing team.

The role is hybrid with select office days as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience in CS or related field.
• 4+ years of leadership experience is described in preferred qualifications.
• PhD or advanced degree highly valued for research direction in ML and ads.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strategy for a new technical foundation based on using AI/LLMs to innovate in ad recommendation platforms.
• Design a technical solution with actionable recommendations across Marketing and Sales ecosystems, creating a unified data flywheel that compounds value by learning from advertiser outcomes and CRM closed-won signals.
• Evangelize the use of LLMs and AI in software development with robust experimentation frameworks that tie model performance to business outcomes.
• Technical vision, execution standards, and mentorship that raise the bar for applied ML rigor, system reliability, and real-world impact.
• Partner with infra and platform teams to optimize retrieval and serving efficiency, including embedding optimization and fine-tuning.
• Attract world class talent and provide technical guidance, career development, and mentoring to team members.
• Create an environment that values curiosity, diverse perspectives, and open dialogue.

Skills

AI Modeling - LLMs

People Leadership

Change Management

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related technical field

PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics or related fields

Job description

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun - where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

This role will be based in Mountain View.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

We're hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead LinkedIn's Ads Attribution & Companies team. You'll own end-to-end measurement and modeling for advertiser outcomes - privacy-safe signal integration, multi-touch attribution, conversion modeling, and experimentation - while scaling the Companies data platform that powers insights across LinkedIn. You'll set vision and roadmap, partner closely with Product, Data Science, Sales, and Legal, and deliver reliable, high-impact systems and APIs. You'll grow and mentor an inclusive, high-performing engineering team and build a culture of clarity, ownership, and excellence.
What you'll bring: deep experience in ads measurement/attribution, production ML (causal inference, propensity, experimentation), and large-scale distributed data systems; a track record of shipping high-quality, resilient services; and strong cross-functional leadership.
Bonus: B2B data, identity graphs, offline conversions, and MMM.
If you're excited to build the measurement backbone for LinkedIn Ads and make our companies ecosystem smarter for millions of members and customers, we'd love to talk.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a strategy for a new technical foundation based on using AI/LLMs to innovate in ad recommendation platforms.
• Design a technical solution with actionable recommendations across Marketing and Sales ecosystems, creating a unified data flywheel that compounds value by learning from advertiser outcomes and CRM closed-won signals.
• Evangelize the use of LLMs and AI in software development in the broader organization with robust experimentation and measurement frameworks that tie model performance directly to business outcomes, not just offline or proxy metrics.
• Technical vision, execution standards, and mentorship that raise the bar for applied ML rigor, system reliability, and real-world impact across the team.
• Partner with infra and platform teams to optimize retrieval and serving efficiency, including embedding optimization, adaptive caching, and parameter-efficient fine-tuning.
• Attract world class talent and provide technical guidance, career development, and mentoring to team members.
• Create an environment that values curiosity, diverse perspectives, and open dialogue. Encourage the team to challenge assumptions, experiment responsibly, and continuously raise the technical bar.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor'sin Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent technical experience
• 7+ years of industry experience
• 3+ years people management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant work experience including 4+ years of leadership experience
• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics or related fields
• Experience with retrieval and context-heavy reasoning (RAG), fine-tuning small language models (SLMs), and customizing deep learning models for Ads ranking, retrieval, budget forecasting and control, and low latency tasks

Suggested Skills:

• AI Modeling - LLMs
• People Leadership
• Change Management

You will Benefit from our Culture:

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels.

Compensation:
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $198,000 - $326,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information, visit: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

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