The Role You Will Have

• Provide both hands-on/individual contributor support and technical thought leadership in the development of an automated and intelligent advertising system by advancing the state-of-the-art in machine/reinforcement learning techniques to support large-scale optimization of media/channel mix, ad selection, bidding and overall campaign performance, etc
• Deploy and test promising ideas quickly and broadly, managing deadlines and deliverables while applying the latest theories to develop new and improved ML driven products and capabilities
• Keep abreast of relevant research in online ad auction design, computational advertising, and computational economics
• Maintain expert knowledge in computer science, machine (and deep) learning, data mining, reinforcement learning, large-scale robust optimization techniques and more
• Work with cross-functional teams of engineers, scientists, and analysts, to devise implementation and experimentation strategies
• Actively contribute to the wider internal and external data science and machine learning communities by sharing and publishing research and findings
• Utilize broad and deep knowledge of machine learning to contribute to the development of System1’s roadmap for core machine learning capabilities
• Coach and mentor data scientists to elevate the talent bar across System1 

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s or Ph.D preferred) in a highly quantitative field (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Math, Operations Research, etc) or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience researching & developing algorithms for intelligent automation and optimization systems
• Strong machine learning and algorithmic background with a deep understanding of advanced reinforcement learning and deep learning techniques
• Hands-on experience using high performance machine learning libraries and/or deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, RAPIDs, etc)
• Hands-on experience building ML driven products
• Experience leading technical research and production grade development efforts
• Fluency with at least one data science/analytics programming language (e.g. Python, R, Julia) 
• Strong functional programming development skills (preferred)
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information to a wide spectrum of cross-functional team members
• Experience mentoring and coaching junior team members

What We Have to Offer

• Competitive salary + bonus + equity
• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account 
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events 
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