Senior Machine Learning Scientist (Ad Cloud, RTB) - Tokyo,Japan
Appier is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Scientist (Ad Cloud, RTB) - Tokyo,Japan (Japan). Level rates it ; you can apply on Appier.
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- Level rates this role Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
- The posting mentions visa sponsorship.
- The posting mentions PyTorch and TensorFlow among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Appier has 66 other open roles on Level.
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About Appier
Appier is an AI-native Agentic AI as a Service (AaaS) company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to power business decision-making. Founded in 2012 with a vision of democratizing AI, Appier’s mission is turning AI into ROI by making software intelligent. Appier now has 17 offices across APAC, Europe and U.S., and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Ticker number: 4180). Visit www.appier.com for more information.
Open to overseas candidates/Visa Support
This position is based in Tokyo, Japan. For international candidates, Appier's Japan office provides visa sponsorship to ensure a smooth transition to Japan.
The Impact You’ll Make at Appier
Appier is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Scientist to join our Advertising Cloud Optimization team, which leads the development of core machine learning algorithms driving campaign efficiency and advertiser ROI. Our programmatic advertising platform operates at a massive scale, handling over multi millions queries per second (QPS), all powered by our proprietary deep learning models for bidding, pricing, and personalized content delivery.
In this role, you’ll further improve bidding strategies, audience targeting and creative optimization by deep-diving RTB ecosystem including SSP/DSP/MMP to design the strategy, enhancing user signals or applying advanced deep learning model
What You’ll Work On
- Deep-dive the RTB ecosystem to identify the potential direction and decide the bidding strategy
- Leverage advance deep learning model to improve bidding/audience model performance
- Co-work with teams to improve real-time/long-term user interaction signal collection and to further improve model performance
What We’re Looking For
- Master’s or PhD’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or related field.
- 3+ years of industry experience on RTB ecosystem
- Proficiency in Python and SQL experience with modern ML frameworks and deep learning model (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.).
- Strong ownership and collaboration skills.
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How we rate this
Senior Machine Learning Scientist (Ad Cloud, RTB) - Tokyo,Japan at Appier rates 91 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
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- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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