Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI Platform (Ads Ranking)
Quick summary
- Work type
- Remote
- Location
- Remote
- Salary
- $292,500–$409,500 / yr
- Posted
- 26 days ago
- Freshness
- Confirmed live today
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Salary context
How this pay compares to similar roles
This role pays more than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $180,262–$254,750 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $351k versus about $218k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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At a glance
TL;DR · Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI Platform (Ads Ranking)
The Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI Platform (Ads Ranking) joins the team to define and accelerate how agentic AI transforms machine learning models and modeling workflows. This role focuses on modeling leverage, enhancing model quality and velocity by developing advanced ML models and agentic workflows that help teams design, train, evaluate, and improve them. You will build reliable loops for data and label analysis, feature and embedding development, and hyperparameter optimization. The position requires using tools such as Claude, Cursor, and comparable AI-assisted development systems to investigate model behavior and automate repetitive analysis. You must possess deep modeling expertise, strong coding ability in Python, and fluency with modern ML frameworks to solve technical problems within the ads ranking product area.
What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $237262 from 36 postings across 12 companies.
Skills
What you'll do
- Develop advanced ML models and agentic workflows to design, train, evaluate, and improve them.
- Use AI-assisted development systems like Claude and Cursor to investigate model behavior and automate repetitive analysis.
- Build reliable loops for data analysis, feature development, architecture comparison, and hyperparameter optimization.
- Design evaluation harnesses to measure model outcomes, workflow quality, correctness, cost, and latency.
- Set technical direction across teams to improve modeling rigor and AI-assisted engineering standards.
- Design guardrails and evaluations to ensure autonomous or semi-autonomous workflows are trustworthy.
- Connect modeling improvements to specific user and business outcomes through cross-functional partnerships.
What we're looking for
- 9+ years of experience in ML engineering, applied ML, or a related field with substantial production impact.
- Senior Staff-level technical leadership experience with a record of influencing direction across teams.
- Deep modeling expertise in data, objectives, architectures, optimization, evaluation, and experimentation.
- Concrete experience using agentic AI or AI coding tools to produce better ML outcomes.
- Ability to design guardrails and evaluations for trustworthy autonomous or semi-autonomous workflows.
- Strong coding ability in Python and fluency with modern ML frameworks and data tooling.
- Clear, concise communication skills and a collaborative, low-ego approach to technical leadership.
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