Machine Learning Engineer

About Almedia

Almedia is a rapidly growing company based in Berlin aiming to become Germany's second bootstrapped unicorn. Recognized as Europe's third fastest-growing company in 2025, Almedia is revolutionizing marketing by rewarding over 70 million users for engaging with advertisers' products and creating new user acquisition models for top global companies.

Role Overview

As a Machine Learning Engineer at Almedia, you will lead the design, development, and scaling of impactful, production-quality ML solutions that drive the company's products and growth initiatives. This role requires hands-on coding and active involvement in delivering technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and optimize user reward schemes adapting to player behavior and market changes.
• Lead the development and deployment of personalized, real-time reward valuation systems.
• Create systems to detect underperforming reward campaigns and diagnose failure causes.
• Own end-to-end ML project delivery: build, launch, and fine-tune scalable services.
• Provide technical leadership ensuring high-quality code and best practices across ML projects.
• Align ML capabilities with business strategies to unlock significant value.
• Apply advanced statistical and causal inference techniques to ensure model reliability.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into data-driven predictive solutions.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in building, deploying, and supporting production-grade ML solutions, preferably in advertising technology or other large-scale settings.
• Solid understanding of statistics including A/B testing, regression analysis, and probability.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL programming along with practical knowledge of cloud environments.
• Capability to mentor ML engineers and cross-functional teams providing technical guidance.
• Excellent communication skills to influence both technical and business audiences effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for gaming with strong insights into player behavior.
• Experience in adtech, monetization platforms, or the gambling sector.
• Familiarity with gaming KPIs such as player lifetime value (pLTV), retention rates, and return on ad spend (ROAS).

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary range: €80,000 to €210,000 per year.
• Equity in the company, allowing employees to share in Almedia's success.
• Bonus opportunities available.
• Work from a modern, centrally-located Berlin office equipped for collaboration.
• Additional perks including transport subsidies, daily breakfasts and lunches, language learning programs, Urban Sports Club membership, and more.

Inclusivity and Growth

Almedia values all levels of talent and fosters a culture of inclusivity and diversity. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The company provides clear pathways for personal and professional development.