Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Programmatic Ads

You will lead a world-class ML engineering team responsible for programmatic ads. Design and implement algorithms for real-time bidding, ad scoring, ranking, inventory selection, and yield optimization on the DSP. Build and mentor engineers; set technical direction and manage project roadmaps with active execution. Collaborate across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales to translate business goals into ML requirements and ensure cross-functional alignment. Define and evangelize the ML roadmap for programmatic products; present findings to senior leadership and align analytics with company goals (privacy-first personalization, new DSP features). Requires MS/PhD in CS or Statistics and 10+ years of production ML experience in data mining, search, recommendations, or NLP; familiarity with RTB, DSP/SSP, and ad metrics.