Lead ML Engineer

As The Discovery and Conversion Company, our mission is to connect consumers with the world’s leading brands through data-driven content and technology. Headquartered in South Florida with a remote-first team spanning over 15 countries, we’ve built a high-growth, high-performance culture where speed, ownership, and measurable impact drive success. WHY JOIN US? At Launch Potato, you’ll accelerate your career by owning outcomes, moving fast, and driving impact with a global team of high-performers. YOUR ROLE Lead a team of ML engineers building next-generation personalization and optimization systems. You\'ll balance hands-on technical work with team leadership, driving both technical excellence and business impact. This role requires someone who can architect complex systems while mentoring others and collaborating across organizations. What You\'ll Do Lead a team of 3-5 ML engineers building personalization systems Define technical roadmap aligned with business objectives Drive improvements in model quality, system reliability, and development velocity Establish best practices for model development and deployment Partner with product, data science, and engineering teams Contribute hands-on to critical model development (50% coding) What We\'re Looking For 7+ years in ML engineering, 2+ years leading technical teams Experience with modern ML architectures (two-tower, transformer-based, graph neural networks) Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical decisions Experience managing stakeholder relationships and project delivery BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience Nice to Have Experience in adtech, e-commerce, or content platforms Published papers or significant ML contributions Experience with multi-objective optimization Knowledge of reinforcement learning for personalization Compensation: $130,000 - $250,000 Total Compensation Base salary is set according to market rates for the nearest major metro and varies based on Launch Potato’s Levels Framework. Your compensation package includes a base salary, profit-sharing bonus, and competitive benefits. Launch Potato is a performance-driven company, which means once you are hired, future increases will be based on company and personal performance, not annual cost-of-living adjustments. Want to accelerate your career? Apply now! Since day one, we\'ve been committed to having a diverse, inclusive team and culture. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity company. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at Launch Potato? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Education School Select... Degree Select... Select... Select... Start date year End date month Select... End date year What is your preferred name? * Any name you want to use other than your legal name. For example, you may wish to shorten your first name (e.g. Steven to Steve) or to be referred to by your middle name or a nickname. Where are you located? (City, State, Country) * What state do you legally reside in? * Select... Share your LinkedIn profile, portfolio, or personal website. * Will you now or in the future require a work visa sponsorship? * Select... Do you have 5 or more years of experience engineering & deploying machine learning models for the following: Advertising, Ranking, Recommendation, Personalization, and/or Conversion Rate * Select... Please give an example of a project/model from the above question and explain its business impact. * What is your desired annual base salary (USD) for this full-time, remote position? * Did someone at Launch Potato refer you? * Select... Who referred you? Please use their first and last name U.S. Standard Demographic Questions We invite applicants to share their demographic background to identify areas of improvement in our hiring process. Participation in this survey is completely voluntary, and your responses are anonymous. Any information received will not affect hiring decisions or your candidacy for this role. How would you describe your gender identity? (mark all that apply) Select... How would you describe your racial/ethnic background? (mark all that apply) Select... How would you describe your sexual orientation? (mark all that apply) Select... Do you identify as transgender? Select... 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