PubMatic · 2 days ago
Lead Machine Learning Engineer
Redwood City, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$250K/yr - $325K/yr
4+ years expPubMatic is one of the world’s leading scaled digital advertising platforms, and they are seeking a results-oriented Lead Machine Learning Engineer to join their growing team. The role involves collaborating with Product and Engineering teams to apply quantitative analysis, modeling, and data mining to drive informed product decisions and optimize key product KPIs.
AdvertisingInternetMarketing Automation
Responsibilities
Be a hands-on technical leader working closely with Product and Engineering teams
Perform deep dive analysis to understand and optimize the key product KPIs
Apply statistics, modeling, and machine learning to improve the efficiency of systems and relevance algorithms across our business application products
Conduct data analysis to make product recommendations and design A/B experiments
Partner with Product and Engineering teams to solve problems and identify trends and opportunities
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to understand their business needs, formulate and complete end-to-end analysis that includes data gathering, analysis, ongoing scaled deliverables and presentations
Qualification
Required
Quantitative BS or MS degree (e.g., Physics, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or Computer Science)
4+ years of hands-on experience designing Machine Learning models to solve business problems with statistical packages, such as R, MATLAB, Python (NumPy, Scikit-learn + Pandas) or MLlib
Proven ability to inspire, mentor, and develop people to deliver value consistently
Experience with articulating product questions and using statistics to arrive at an answer
Experience with scripting in SQL - extracting large data sets and design of ETL flows
Work experience in an inter-disciplinary/cross-functional field
Deep interest and aptitude in data, metrics, analysis, trends and applied knowledge of measurement, statistics and program evaluation
Distinctive problem-solving skills and impeccable business judgment
Capable of translating analysis results into business recommendations
Benefits
Paid leave programs
Paid holidays
Healthcare
Dental and vision insurance
Disability and life insurance
Commuter benefits
Physical and financial wellness programs
Unlimited DTO in the US
Reimbursement for mobile
Fully stocked pantries
In-office catered lunches 5 days per week
Company
PubMatic
PubMatic is an automation solutions company for an open digital media industry.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$63MKey Investors
NGP CapitalHelion Venture PartnersNexus Venture Partners
2020-12-08IPO
2015-06-19Secondary Market
2014-02-06Series Unknown· $13M
Leadership Team
Rajeev Goel
Co-Founder & CEO
Mukul Kumar
Co-Founder & President, Engineering
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