Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Vector Bidding Science

1 hour, 22 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Unity

Unity

Unity is the top platform for real-time 3D content creation, empowering creators across industries to bring their ideas to life with interactive 2D and 3D content.

Internet Software & Services
5K-10K
Founded 2004

Description

  • Define the technical vision for next-generation real-time bidding systems.
  • Design, implement, and optimize core bidding algorithms and auction mechanisms.
  • Architect and scale bid landscape forecasting capabilities.
  • Analyze large-scale marketplace dynamics to identify insights and algorithmic improvements.
  • Run offline evaluations and online A/B experiments to validate model performance and business impact.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and engineering teams.
  • Contribute to Unity’s high-scale ads engine using massive datasets and rich signals.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience applying machine learning, reinforcement learning, and control theory to real-world bidding or pricing problems.
  • Strong software engineering skills in Python.
  • Experience with deep learning frameworks, preferably PyTorch.
  • Solid understanding of metric design, online experimentation frameworks, and large-scale data analysis.
  • Proven ability to lead projects end-to-end and deliver measurable business impact in ambiguous technical environments.
  • Experience working with large datasets and distributed computing frameworks such as Spark, Ray, BigQuery, or Flink (preferred).
  • Experience building real-time ad systems, including DSP bidding logic, survival analysis for market price estimation, or game-theoretic modeling (preferred).
  • Experience leveraging AI tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor to accelerate development (preferred).
  • English proficiency sufficient for frequent professional verbal and written communication with global colleagues and partners.

Benefits

  • Gross base salary range of $172,200 to $266,860 USD.
  • Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance.
  • Employee stock ownership.
  • Competitive retirement or pension plans.
  • Generous vacation and personal days.
  • Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs.
  • Mental health and wellbeing programs and support.
  • Training and development programs.

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