Axon.ai · 7 hours ago
Foundational Research Scientist
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$252K/yr - $400K/yrAppLovin is a company that provides end-to-end software and AI solutions to help businesses connect with their ideal customers. They are seeking a Foundational Research Scientist to drive foundational research in creating new recommendation models and paradigms, leveraging user data and collaborating with engineering and product teams to operationalize research.
Marketing & Advertising
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
Axon.ai
Axon Ads Manager is AppLovin’s self-serve advertising platform that helps businesses of all sizes achieve profitable growth.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase