Principal Machine Learning Engineer (San Diego)

Overview As The Discovery and Conversion Company, our mission is to connect consumers with the worlds leading brands through data-driven content and technology. Headquartered in South Florida with a remote-first team spanning over 15 countries, weve built a high-growth, high-performance culture where speed, ownership, and measurable impact drive success. Why join us? At Launch Potato, youll accelerate your career by owning outcomes, moving fast, and driving impact with a global team of high-performers. Your Role As our Principal ML Engineer, you'll be the technical visionary for our personalization and optimization systems. This is an individual contributor role for a deep technical expert who will define our ML architecture, solve our hardest technical challenges, and influence ML strategy across the company. What You'll Do Design company-wide personalization architecture and strategy Solve complex technical challenges (cold start, exploration / exploitation, real-time learning) Research and implement state-of-the-art ML techniques Define standards and patterns used across all ML teams Mentor senior engineers and review critical technical decisions Represent the company in the external ML community What We're Looking For 10 years building ML systems, with deep personalization expertise Recognized expert in ML systems (publications, patents, or industry impact) Experience architecting ML platforms serving billions of predictions Track record of 01 innovation in personalization systems Expertise in multiple approaches (deep learning, bandits, causal ML, graph methods) Ability to influence without authority and drive consensus Exceptional communication skills for technical and executive audiences Technical Expertise Required Advanced ML architectures at scale Real-time ML systems and edge deployment Online learning and adaptive systems Privacy-preserving personalization Compensation $160,000 - $250,000 Total Compensation Base salary is set according to market rates for the nearest major metro and varies based on Launch Potatos Levels Framework. Your compensation package includes a base salary, profit-sharing bonus, and competitive benefits. Launch Potato is a performance-driven company, which means once you are hired, future increases will be based on company and personal performance, not annual cost-of-living adjustments. Want to accelerate your career? Apply now! Since day one, we've been committed to having a diverse, inclusive team and culture. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity company. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. U.S. Standard Demographic Questions We invite applicants to share their demographic background to identify areas of improvement in our hiring process. Participation in this survey is completely voluntary, and your responses are anonymous. Any information received will not affect hiring decisions or your candidacy for this role. J-18808-Ljbffr