Staff Applied Scientist - Machine Learning
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About the role
Description
Rokt is an Ecommerce technology company with the mission of making every transaction more relevant. The Rokt Ecommerce Network leverages proprietary machine learning recommendation systems, powering billions of transactions for hundreds of millions of customers, and is trusted to do this by companies like Live Nation, Fanatics, Macy's, AMC Theatres, PayPal, Uber, Hulu, Staples, Albertsons and HelloFresh.
The Role: As a Staff Applied Scientist in Rokt Brain, you will lead applied research, experimentation, and model development projects - harnessing a diversity of ML theories, concepts, and models to improve complex systems powering 10 billion+ transactions per year.
Growth: pathways to Principal Applied Scientist (IC Track) and Applied Science Manager/Director (People Leader track) per your preferences and abilities.
Pay: Target total compensation ranges from $470k - $615k, comprised of a fixed annual salary of $290k - $360k, plus employee equity plan grant. In addition, you will receive world-class employee benefits.
Responsibilities:
Technical
Own the research, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of machine learning systems and services at Rokt.
Optimise auction and decisioning logic, applying model predictions to maximise value across Rokt’s multi-sided marketplace
Conduct applied ML research, prototype new modeling approaches, and rigorously test innovations.
Evaluate and improve model performance, ensuring robustness, scalability, and interpretability.
Translate complex business needs into practical ML solutions, collaborating with product and engineering teams.
Stay ahead of emerging ML trends, contributing to knowledge sharing through tech talks, brown bags, and best practice evangelism.
Leadership
Act as technical and project leader of a small team of specialists
Provide leadership on complex technical issues,
Set standards for technical excellence - from coding to architectural best practices.
Work cross-functionally with engineering and product leadership to plan and manage delivery expectations of roadmap items.
Actively monitor progress and intervene where required to mitigate risks and bottlenecks, managing expectations within and outside the team.
Compensation
This Applied Scientist role pays $290k-$615k/yr. Within typical range for applied scientist roles in United States.
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