AppLovin · 1 week ago
Foundational Research Scientist
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$252K/yr - $400K/yrAppLovin is a company that develops technologies to help businesses connect with their ideal customers through software and AI solutions. They are seeking a Foundational Research Scientist to drive foundational research in creating new recommendation models, leveraging user data to validate these models, and collaborating with engineering and product teams to operationalize research findings.
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Responsibilities
Drive foundational research to create new recommendation models and paradigms
Leverage rich live user data and large-scale compute to validate models rapidly
Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to operationalize research
Publish findings and contribute to the broader ML and RecSys community
Qualification
Required
PhD (or equivalent research experience) in CS, ML, Statistics, or related field
Strong background in deep learning
Proven track record of research excellence (publications, awards, impactful projects)
Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (PyTorch)
Experience with large-scale data and experimentation
Preferred
Publications in top venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, KDD, RecSys, SIGIR, WWW)
Experience with sequential modeling, representation learning, or causal inference
Knowledge of online experimentation and evaluation methodologies
Industry experience deploying ML in production systems
Benefits
Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Plan
Paid Time Off: Unlimited Discretionary Time Off
Paid Holidays: 10 paid holidays per year
Paid Sick Leave: 80 hours per year
Company
AppLovin
AppLovin makes technologies that help businesses of every size connect to their ideal customers.
Founded in 2012
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2021 (13)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.12BKey Investors
GQGKohlberg Kravis RobertsOrient Hontai Capital
2024-11-20Post Ipo Debt· $3.55B
2024-02-29Post Ipo Secondary
2023-08-14Post Ipo Secondary
Leadership Team
Adam Foroughi
CEO, Co-Founder AppLovin Corporation
Herald Chen
Board Member/ Advisor to the CEO
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