Instacart · 2 days ago
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Quality
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$308K/yr - $342K/yr
15+ years expInstacart is transforming the grocery industry by providing essential services that customers rely on for their grocery and household needs. They are seeking a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead the Ads Quality team, focusing on developing AI-powered solutions and mentoring engineering talent while driving technical strategy and innovation.
Delivery ServiceE-CommerceGroceryShopping
Responsibilities
Develop & design innovative AI-powered systems addressing a wide range of Ads Quality challenges, such as: Optimize ads bidding, retrieval and auction processes toward a diverse set of advertiser goals, balancing short- and long-term objectives
Balance between user, advertiser, and retailer needs, and turn such solutions into quantifiable, optimizable formulations
Identify and build gen AI solutions to revolutionize all aspects of the quality stack
Build advanced generative AI and recommendation frameworks revolutionizing advertiser experience and campaign efficacy
Construct systems and frameworks to provide intelligent recommendations and assistance to advertisers
Collaborate with Data Scientists to establish metrics and methodologies for both tracking, optimization, and goaling purposes
Define & own the Ads Quality technical strategy and roadmap, balancing between both short-term needs and long-term sustainability
Demonstrates ability to architect and design complex AI / quality components, considering scalability, reliability, performance, and security
Serves as a technical leader and mentor, guiding and empowering junior ML and software engineers through code and design reviews, knowledge sharing, collaborative problem-solving, improving key engineering processes, and fostering a thriving engineering culture
Serve as a technical mentor, empowering engineers at all career levels through effective coaching, collaborative code reviews and knowledge sharing to develop the next set of leaders
Builds and maintains synergies with other ML engineering teams across Instacart; acts as a bridge representing Ads as an influential voice in company-wide technical forums
Contributes to company-level technical initiatives as a thought leader and key driver of Instacart’s engineering vision & goals
Note this is a hands-on IC / TL role at the Director+ level. There are no people management expectations
Qualification
Required
PhD in AI / ML or related field, or equivalent academic and research experience
15+ years of experience as a software and / or ML engineer
Proven track record of architecting & building production-grade ML systems, AI and quantitative optimization technologies at a global scale
Demonstrated ability to lead technical discussions and collaborate effectively at senior to executive levels, driving consensus and clarity
Experience mentoring and developing engineering culture and talent
Preferred
Hands-on expertise in building large-scale AI/ML systems bridging generative AI, predictive modeling, and recommendation engines to solve real-world problems
Deep understanding of Ads Quality systems, including bidding, yield optimization, retrieval processes, and auction dynamics
Familiar with AWS, Golang, Spark, Clickhouse, Snowflake, TensorFlow
Benefits
Equity grant
Annual refresh grants
Company
Instacart
Instacart is an online grocery platform that offers same-day delivery and pickup services for retailers and consumers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.92BKey Investors
T. Rowe PriceTiger Global ManagementD1 Capital Partners
2023-09-19IPO
2021-11-01Private Equity· $232M
2021-09-05Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Chris Rogers
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Leonardo
Co-Founder
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