Unity

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Advertiser Growth

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1 day ago
Mountain View, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$149k - $245k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and ship multi-objective campaign optimization algorithms for advertiser goals such as installs, ROAS, retention, and spend efficiency.
  • Develop exploration-exploitation strategies, including bandit and reinforcement learning approaches, that balance short-term performance with long-term value.
  • Create methodologies and surrogate metrics for measuring the long-term impact of model and product changes.
  • Define metrics frameworks and launch criteria connecting model improvements to advertiser outcomes and business results.
  • Build LLM-based agentic systems for campaign diagnostics, root-cause analysis, setup recommendations, and configuration changes.
  • Serve as a technical subject matter expert across ML, Product, and Engineering and mentor engineers on modeling and optimization rigor.

Requirements

  • Experience in machine learning, data science, or applied research, ideally in ad tech, marketplaces, or large-scale optimization.
  • MS or PhD in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, or Economics, or equivalent.
  • Strong quantitative ability in multi-objective optimization, exploration-exploitation strategies, long-term impact measurement, and launch metrics design.
  • Hands-on experience building LLM-based agentic systems involving tool use, orchestration, retrieval over domain data, and agent evaluation.
  • Strong programming skills in Python or Scala and experience with large-scale data processing frameworks such as Spark, Snowflake, or BigQuery.
  • Track record of shipping ML systems using high-volume, real-time data and delivering measurable business impact.
  • Ability to translate quantitative concepts into product roadmaps and mentor engineers.
  • Preferred experience includes dynamic ads or creative optimization, bidding or auction systems, LTV prediction, reinforcement learning, contextual bandits, LLM fine-tuning, or multi-agent orchestration frameworks.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance, with offerings varying by country and employment status.
  • Commute subsidy, employee stock ownership, retirement or pension plans, and generous vacation and personal days.
  • New-parent leave and family-care programs, office food and snacks, and mental health and wellbeing support.
  • Employee Resource Groups, a global employee assistance program, and training and development programs.
  • Volunteering and donation matching program.
  • Annual gross base salary is $148,700 - $244,600 USD; the role may also be eligible for equity and company incentive plans.
  • Benefits and coverage vary based on country and employment status.

Tech Stack

Apache SparkGoogle BigQueryPythonScalaSnowflake
Unity

About Unity

5,001-10,000 employees

Unity is a public software company that builds the Unity real-time 3D engine and services for creating, operating, and monetizing games and interactive 3D content across mobile, PC, console, and XR. It sells subscription licenses and usage-based services such as cloud build, ads, and analytics to studios and enterprises in gaming, automotive, film, and AR/VR. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, it trades on the NYSE (U).

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