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Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Brand Ads) - 2027 Summer
San Jose, California · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Build and optimize advertising delivery systems and strategies, taking products from concept through launch and iteration.
What you'll do
- Build and optimize delivery systems for pacing, allocation, traffic strategy, and delivery controls.
- Partner cross-functionally to translate business goals into scalable strategies and system designs, and drive products from concept to launch.
- Own technical design, implementation, experimentation, launch, and iteration; use data and experiments to diagnose issues.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Strong coding, debugging, and system design fundamentals; proficiency in Go, C/C++, Java, Python, or similar languages.
- Ability to solve ambiguous problems, make clear engineering trade-offs, and collaborate and communicate across functions.
- Experience with large-scale backend, recommendation, or advertising systems.
Nice to have
- Hands-on ads delivery experience in pacing, bidding, auction, ranking, forecasting, or marketplace optimization.
Tools
Go, C/C++, Java, Python
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