Manager, Machine Learning Engineering, Web Ads Ranking

What you'll do

• Lead a team of machine learning and software engineers to build large-scale indexing, retrieval, and ranking systems.
• Develop high-performing systems that deliver relevant Snapchat ads to drive company revenue.
• Define the architecture and vision for web ads systems in collaboration with internal product teams.
• Build evaluation frameworks to enable rapid iteration and data-driven decision-making.
• Partner with Data Science and Product teams to define success metrics and measure outcomes.
• Mentor team members and foster a culture of engineering and machine learning excellence.
• Shape the broader machine learning strategy for the organization.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field like computer science or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of post-Bachelor’s ML industry experience, or a Master’s with 7+ years, or a PhD with 4+ years.
• At least 1 year of experience leading machine learning teams focused on ranking or recommendations.
• Deep understanding of machine learning algorithms applied to recommender, ads, and search systems.
• Experience utilizing large language models for tasks like keyword extraction, description generation, and semantic relevance.
• Strong management, mentorship, and communication skills to lead a team and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Proficiency in working with distributed systems and large-scale machine learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Ability to manage ambiguous problems and develop evaluation frameworks for high-quality decision-making.