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Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (Brand Ads) - 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline; completing or recently completed.
About the job
Develop machine-learning systems for Brand Ads, including inventory forecasting, auction traffic optimization, and improving ad delivery quality and efficiency.
What you'll do
- Build scalable technical solutions to advertising business challenges in collaboration with cross-functional partners.
- Work on systems for major advertisers that directly affect revenue and advertiser experience.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Programming skills in one or more general-purpose languages, such as Go, C/C++, Java, or Python.
- Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, Linux, system design, statistics, probability, and machine learning and deep learning fundamentals.
- Familiarity with at least one mainstream machine-learning framework, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or MXNet.
Nice to have
- Understanding of online advertising systems and advertising concepts.
- Experience in large-scale systems, recommendation, search, advertising, data analysis, experimentation, feature engineering, model optimization, or distributed machine learning.
Tools
Go, C/C++, Java, Python, Linux, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MXNet
AI focus
Apply machine learning to inventory forecasting, auction traffic optimization, and ad delivery quality and efficiency.
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