Unity
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Advertiser Growth
$149K–$245K
Mountain View, CA, USA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Education
- MS or PhD in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, or equivalent).
About the job
Leads the design and production deployment of machine-learning optimization and LLM-agent systems that automate advertising campaign decisions and improve advertiser outcomes.
What you'll do
- Design and ship campaign optimization algorithms for advertiser goals under budget and marketplace constraints.
- Build strategies and measurement frameworks for exploration, long-term impact, and launch decisions.
- Develop LLM agents for campaign diagnostics and setup recommendations, and provide technical leadership across ML, Product, and Engineering.
What they ask for
- Experience in machine learning, data science, or applied research.
- MS or PhD in a quantitative field, or equivalent.
- Strong programming skills in Python or Scala and experience with large-scale data processing frameworks.
- Track record shipping ML systems on high-volume, real-time data with measurable business impact; hands-on experience building LLM-based agentic systems.
Nice to have
- Experience with dynamic ads or creative optimization, or bidding, pricing, pacing, or auction systems.
- Experience with production reinforcement learning or contextual bandits, LTV prediction, surrogate metrics, or LLM fine-tuning and evaluation.
Pay
$148,700 - $244,600 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, Scala, Spark, Snowflake, BigQuery
AI focus
Applies machine learning and statistical optimization to advertising campaigns, including exploration-exploitation strategies, long-term impact measurement, and LLM-based agents for campaign diagnostics and setup recommendations.
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