Machine Learning Engineer, Growth

Grammarly is excited to offer a remote-first hybrid working model. Grammarly team members in this role must be based in the United States or Canada, and, depending on business needs, they must meet in person for collaboration weeks, traveling if necessary to the hub(s) where their team is based.

This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds: plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that fosters trust and unlocks creativity.

About Grammarly

Grammarly is the world’s leading AI writing assistance company trusted by over 30 million people and 70,000 teams. From instantly creating a first draft to perfecting every message, Grammarly helps people at 96% of the Fortune 500 and teams at companies like Atlassian, Databricks, and Zoom get their point across—and get results—with best-in-class security practices that keep data private and protected. Founded in 2009, Grammarly is No. 7 on the Forbes Cloud 100, one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies, one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in AI, and one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces.

The Opportunity

To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to join our Marketing Technology team. This team is responsible for building systems that empower and enhance the company's marketing efforts and strategies. The person in this role will help shape marketing strategies, enhance customer experiences, and optimize marketing campaigns. They will be responsible for leveraging data and advanced algorithms to improve the performance and efficiency of advertising campaigns with the goal of maximizing the return on investment (ROI) for ad spend and delivering targeted ads to the right audience. 

Grammarly’s engineers and researchers have the freedom to innovate and uncover breakthroughs—and, in turn, influence our product roadmap. The complexity of our technical challenges is growing rapidly as we scale our interfaces, algorithms, and infrastructure. You can hear more from our team on our technical blog.

As a Lead Machine Learning Engineer of the Growth org, you will transform the way ML is applied to solve Growth problems. Your work will directly impact the topline KPIs that Growth team contributes to the overall business. You will lead research, exploration and help establish a robust ML development process for the organization. This is a high-impact role with a direct line of the channel with the area leads and the senior leadership team.

In this role, you will:

• Drive business impact by building scalable end-to-end machine learning solutions for challenging marketing problems.
• Help Growth EPD and Marketing teams make data-driven decisions.
• Your work will help drive multiple topline KPIs - LTV/CAC, number of activated and retained users, bookings revenue, etc.
• Promote excellence and best practices across the machine learning team in research, implementation, tooling, and system design.
• Work cross-functionally with various teams: Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Data Science, ML Infrastructure, and Product, to name a few. 
• Effectively communicate technical machine learning results in a business context where most people are not machine learning experts.

Qualifications

• Has solid software engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of classical algorithms and data structures.
• Has a solid understanding of the principles and best practices of developing software systems on a large scale.
• Has the ability to apply machine learning algorithms to ad optimization tasks effectively.
• Has strong knowledge of probability and statistics.
• Has expertise in Python, its ecosystem, and Python-based ML tools and frameworks.
• Has experience in Ad Optimization domain: knowledge of different types of ad channels, multi-channel budget allocation, key marketing performance metrics. 
• Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
• Is inspired by our MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust.
• Is able to meet in person for their team’s scheduled collaboration weeks, traveling if necessary to the hub where their team is based.

Compensation and Benefits

Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing the following and more: 

• Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)
• Disability and life insurance options
• 401(k) and RRSP matching 
• Paid parental leave
• 20 days of paid time off per year, 12 days of paid holidays per year, two floating holidays per year, and unlimited sick days 
• Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more)
• Annual professional development budget and opportunities

Grammarly takes a market-based approach to compensation, which means base pay may vary depending on your location. Our US and Canada locations are categorized into compensation zones based on each geographic region’s cost of labor index. 

Base pay may vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The expected salary ranges for this position are outlined below by compensation zone and may be modified in the future. 

We encourage you to apply

At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations—to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected by law. Grammarly is an equal opportunity employer and a participant in the US federal E-Verify program (US). We also abide by the Employment Equity Act (Canada).

Please note that EEOC is optional and specific to US-based candidates.

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