Launch Potato is a profitable digital media company that reaches over 30M+ monthly visitors through brands such as FinanceBuzz, All About Cookies, and OnlyInYourState.
As The Discovery and Conversion Company, our mission is to connect consumers with the world's leading brands through data-driven content and technology.
Headquartered in South Florida with a remote-first team spanning over 15 countries, we've built a high-growth, high-performance culture where speed, ownership, and measurable impact drive success.
Lead a team of ML engineers building next-generation personalization and optimization systems. You'll balance hands-on technical work with team leadership, driving both technical excellence and business impact. This role requires someone who can architect complex systems while mentoring others and collaborating across organizations.
Lead a team of 3-5 ML engineers building personalization systems
Architect multi-stage ranking systems (retrieval → ranking → re-ranking)
Define technical roadmap aligned with business objectives
Drive improvements in model quality, system reliability, and development velocity
Establish best practices for model development and deployment
Partner with product, data science, and engineering teams
Contribute hands-on to critical model development (50% coding)
7+ years in ML engineering, 2+ years leading technical teams
Deep expertise in large-scale personalization systems
Experience with modern ML architectures (two-tower, transformer-based, graph neural networks)
Strong system design skills for ML infrastructure
Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical decisions
Experience managing stakeholder relationships and project delivery
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Experience in adtech, e-commerce, or content platforms
Published papers or significant ML contributions
Experience with multi-objective optimization
Knowledge of reinforcement learning for personalization
Compensation: $130,000 - $250,000
Total compensation is set according to market rates for the nearest major metro and varies based on Launch Potato's Levels Framework. Your compensation package includes a base salary, profit-sharing bonus, and competitive benefits. Launch Potato is a performance-driven company, which means once you are hired, future increases will be based on company and personal performance, not annual cost-of-living adjustments.