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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software
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As the Director of Algorithms, Ads Engineering, you will lead a multidisciplinary organization of engineering managers, applied scientists, and machine learning engineers to power the intelligence engine behind the advertising ecosystem. You will define the strategic vision and technical roadmap for the entire algorithms funnel, specifically focusing on retrieval, ranking, matching, auction, and budget optimization models. Your daily work involves translating state-of-the-art research into reliable production capabilities while navigating privacy constraints. The role requires deep expertise in signal processing, predictive modeling like CTR/CVR, and modern techniques including embeddings, transformer architectures, distillation methods, and reinforcement learning. You will solve complex algorithmic problems to improve advertiser outcomes and user relevance within a high-throughput, low-latency environment. This position addresses the core challenge of balancing research innovation with operational excellence in a large-scale advertising marketplace.
Machine Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Python
Java
Spark
Hadoop
Optimization Algorithms
Design of Experiments
Statistics
Control Theory
Forecasting
Agile
Production Code