Gametime · 3 days ago
Director, Applied Machine Learning
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$292K/yr - $344K/yr
6+ years expGametime is a company focused on uniting the world through shared live experiences. They are seeking a Director of Applied Machine Learning to lead the development of machine learning models that drive business impact across various functions, ensuring alignment with business priorities and enhancing customer experience.
E-CommerceEventsMedia and EntertainmentMobile AppsTicketing
Responsibilities
Partner with Product, Marketing, Operations, and other teams to identify where ML can drive measurable value
Translate business problems into clear modeling objectives, metrics, and experimentation plans
Ensure ML efforts remain tightly aligned with business priorities and user impact
Lead the design, development, and iteration of ranking, filtering, and personalization models across Gametime’s product surfaces
Own modeling approaches, feature strategy, evaluation metrics, and offline and online experimentation
Balance relevance, revenue, and user trust when evolving ranking solutions
Apply LLMs and hybrid ML techniques to use cases such as semantic understanding, intent detection, content generation, and internal workflows
Evaluate emerging tools and techniques, recommending pragmatic adoption where they provide clear benefit
Establish best practices for testing, deploying, and monitoring LLM-powered models in production
Manage and mentor applied ML practitioners, supporting growth in technical depth and business impact
Set high standards for modeling rigor, experimentation discipline, and production readiness
Collaborate closely with ML engineering and platform teams to ensure scalable and reliable deployment
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (advanced degree preferred)
6+ years of experience building and deploying production machine learning models
Demonstrated experience owning ranking, recommendation, or personalization systems
Strong foundation in applied ML techniques such as learning-to-rank, embeddings, gradient boosting, and neural networks
Hands-on experience working with LLMs, including prompt engineering, fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation, and evaluation
Solid software engineering skills and experience working within modern data and ML stacks
Proven ability to work cross-functionally and influence without relying on hierarchy
Company
Gametime
Gametime sells last-minute tickets to the most popular events in sports, music, and theater.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$71.6MKey Investors
Nimble PartnersEvolution MediaAccel
2022-05-26Series C· $30M
2017-09-13Series Unknown· $8.2M
2016-09-21Series B· $20M
Leadership Team
Brad Griffith
CEO
Recent News
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