Coupang

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Offsite Ads

Coupang
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2 hours ago
Mountain View, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$164k - $282k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build machine learning models and systems for ad targeting, ranking, bidding, and campaign performance.
  • Develop large-scale prediction and optimization models, including CTR, CVR, GMV, and bidding optimization.
  • Apply LLMs, embeddings, agentic AI, and deep learning to complex advertising problems.
  • Build scalable ML infrastructure and production systems for experimentation and reliable model deployment.
  • Define success metrics, evaluate business impact, and improve model performance through data-driven experimentation.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and business teams on advertiser and customer problems.
  • Drive projects from concept to production with ownership of technical and business outcomes.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
  • 6+ years of industry experience developing and deploying machine learning solutions in production environments.
  • Strong foundation in machine learning, deep learning, statistical modeling, optimization, and large-scale data systems.
  • Hands-on production ML development experience using Python and/or Java.
  • Strong experience with PyTorch and deep learning architectures for prediction, ranking, recommendation, retrieval, or optimization.
  • Proven ability to own large technical initiatives and solve complex, ambiguous business problems with measurable impact.
  • Preferred: master’s degree or PhD in a related quantitative field.
  • Preferred: experience in digital advertising, recommendation systems, ranking systems, marketplace optimization, or large-scale ML.
  • Preferred: experience with LLMs, generative AI, embedding models, retrieval systems, or agentic AI.
  • Preferred: experience with distributed training, model serving, and ML platforms in cloud environments.
  • Preferred: familiarity with XGBoost, LightGBM, Scikit-learn, MLflow, Kubeflow, Spark, and Airflow.
  • Preferred: ability to drive technical strategy, communicate effectively, influence stakeholders, and collaborate across functions.

Benefits

  • Base pay ranges from $164K/year to $282K/year depending on geographic market and job-related factors.
  • Annual bonus of 0–20% of base salary.
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability, flexible spending, and health savings account benefits.
  • Employee Assistance Program and 401K plan with company match.
  • 18–21 days of paid time off annually based on tenure and 12 public holidays.
  • Six weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits and free electric vehicle charging station.
  • Recruitment includes application review, phone interview, and onsite or virtual onsite interview; schedules may vary.
  • The posting may close early if openings are filled.

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowApache SparkJavaLightGBMMLflowPythonPyTorchscikit-learnXGBoost

Categories

Coupang

About Coupang

5,001-10,000 employees

Coupang builds and operates a South Korea–focused e-commerce marketplace with an end-to-end logistics network (Rocket Delivery), plus food delivery, video streaming, and fintech under brands such as Coupang, Eats, and Play. Revenue comes from first-party retail, third-party marketplace services, advertising, and memberships (Rocket WOW). Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Seattle and is publicly listed on the NYSE (CPNG).

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