# Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Vector Bidding Science

The opportunity We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our Vector Bidding Science team. In this role, you will define the technical vision and architect the next generation of scalable real-time bidding systems powered by cutting-edge AI, marketplace intelligence, and advanced optimization frameworks. As a key member of the Vector AI org, you will play a pivotal role in advancing Unity’s high-scale ads engine. By harnessing massive datasets and rich signals, you will develop state-of-the-art bidding and pacing algorithms that automatically maximize advertisers’ returns. What you’ll be doing Design, implement, and optimize core bidding algorithms and auction mechanisms Architect and scale bid landscape forecasting capabilities Analyze large-scale marketplace dynamics to uncover deep insights and deliver algorithmic improvements Drive offline evaluations and online A/B experiments to validate model performance and deliver measurable business impact Collaborate cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and engineering teams What we’re looking for Hands-on experience in state-of-the-art machine learning, reinforcement learning, and control theory to comp

- **Id**: 1004619
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/unity-technologies-senior-machine-learning-engineer-vector-bidding-science-2>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Mountain View, United States, Bellevue, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-17T15:15:09Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-28
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T18:41:25Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 52
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5524
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Generous vacation, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, AR & VR Software, Game Development, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 2743
- **Name**: Unity Technologies
- **Domain**: unity.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/unity-technologies>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 93
- **Open postings**: 14
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.286
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 40
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 148700
- **Max**: 244600
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Gross**: yes
- **Usd annual**: 244600

## Technologies

- **A/B Testing** — Optional: no
- **Claude Code** — Optional: no
- **Copilot** — Optional: no
- **Cursor** — Optional: no
- **Flink** — Optional: no
- **Google BigQuery** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Ray** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: no
- **Unity** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 52

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-17T15:15:09Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 35
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.797
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 51
- **Expected fill days**: 40
- **Reasons**: conf:9, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 244600
- **Is top pay**: yes

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