Lead ML Engineer at LP Careers Page

Alajuela, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

30 Dec, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

01 Oct, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Machine Learning, Team Leadership, System Design, Model Development, Stakeholder Management, Personalization Systems, Multi-Stage Ranking Systems, Model Quality Improvement, Technical Roadmap, Mentoring, Collaboration, Adtech, E-Commerce, Content Platforms, Reinforcement Learning, Multi-Objective Optimization

Industry

Advertising Services

Description

WHO ARE WE? 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. WHY JOIN US? At Launch Potato, you’ll accelerate your career by owning outcomes, moving fast, and driving impact with a global team of high-performers. YOUR ROLE 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. What You'll Do 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) What We're Looking For 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 Nice to Have 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 Want to accelerate your career? Apply now! Since day one, we've been committed to having a diverse, inclusive team and culture. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity company. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of ML engineers to build next-generation personalization and optimization systems. Balance hands-on technical work with team leadership to drive technical excellence and business impact.