Staff/Senior Machine Learning Scientist (Ad Cloud)

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 directly impact the efficiency and profitability of ads campaigns by improving models for bidding, pricing, and personalized content recommendation, while ensuring system robustness and scalability in a dynamic market environment.

Key responsibilities include designing, implementing, and productionizing state-of-the-art ML models to improve campaign outcomes; analyzing large-scale user and auction data to discover predictive patterns and alpha signals that enhance bidding and personalization; collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, product, and data teams to identify opportunities, define roadmaps, and deliver impactful solutions; and continuously improving system performance through offline experimentation and online testing (e.g., A/B tests, incremental learning).

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, EE, or related field; Master’s or PhD preferred; 5+ years of industry experience in ad tech, with a focus on performance optimization; proven experience in applied machine learning, especially in CTR prediction, recommendation systems; proficiency in Python and experience with modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.); strong ownership and collaboration skills—able to lead end-to-end projects across product, data, and engineering; and bonus: experience working on high-throughput, low-latency real-time systems (e.g., RTB engines, stream inference).

This position is based in Tokyo, Japan. For international candidates, Appier's Japan office provides visa sponsorship to ensure a smooth transition to Japan. Fluency in English or Chinese is required.