Foundational Research Scientist
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Job Location:
Palo Alto, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 252000 - 400000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About AppLovin
AppLovin makes technologies that help businesses of every size connect to their ideal customers. The company provides end-to-end software and AI solutions for businesses to reach monetize and grow their global audiences. For more information about AppLovin visit: .
To deliver on this mission our global team is composed of team members with life experiences backgrounds and perspectives that mirror our developers and customers around the world. At AppLovin we are intentional about the team and culture we are building seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others.
Fortune recognizes AppLovin as one of the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area and the company has been a Certified Great Place to Work for the last four years (2021-2024). Check out the rest of our awards HERE.
About Us
At AppLovin were powering the future of product discovery and engagement through cutting-edge machine learning.Recommender systems quietly shape the daily lives of billions of people deciding what we watch read play and buy. They dont just influence culture; they drivetrillions of dollars in market value across ads commerce and streaming fuelingeconomic growth and job creation worldwide and the space is still growing atdouble-digit rates annually.
The Opportunity
Were creating a world-classacademic-industrial hybrid research groupto advance recommender systems. Unlike academia your work wont live only in papers it will be deployed into real products used by millions and validated at scale. This is your chance to push the science forwardandsee your ideas transform how the world discovers content.
What Youll Do
- Drive foundational research to create new recommendation models and paradigms.
- Leveragerich live user dataandlarge-scale computeto validate models rapidly.
- Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to operationalize research.
- Publish findings and contribute to the broader ML and RecSys community.
Benefits of Research in Industry
- Rich real-time data: access to large-scale diverse and dynamic user interactions.
- Massive compute & infrastructure: GPU clusters feature stores deployment pipelines.
- Rapid experimentation: immediate feedback through A/B testing and online evaluation.
- Direct impact: see your models shape user experiences and business outcomes.
- Cross-disciplinary collaboration: partner with product design and engineering teams.
- Balanced path: combine scientific exploration with practical deployment.
Who You Are
Were looking forrising researcherswith strong academic backgrounds and a desire to have real-world impact.
- PhD (or equivalent research experience) in CS ML Statistics or related field.
- Strong background in deep learning.
- Proven track record of research excellence (publications awards impactful projects).
- Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (PyTorch).
- Experience with large-scale data and experimentation.
- Publications in top venues (NeurIPS ICML ICLR KDD RecSys SIGIR WWW).
- Experience with sequential modeling representation learning or causal inference.
- Knowledge of online experimentation and evaluation methodologies.
- Industry experience deploying ML in production systems.
What Youll Gain
- The opportunity toshape the next generation of recommendation science.
- A research culture that combinesacademic rigor with industrial scale.
- Access to world-class infrastructure and live experimentation loops.
- A collaborative environment that rewards both innovation and execution.
AppLovin provides a competitive total compensation package with a pay for performance rewards approach. Total compensation at AppLovin is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Depending on the position offered equity and other forms of incentive compensation (as applicable) may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to dental vision and other benefits.
CA Base Pay Range
$252000 - $400000 USD
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Machine Learning
- Python
- AI
- Bioinformatics
- C/C++
- R
- Biochemistry
- Research Experience
- Natural Language Processing
- Deep Learning
- Molecular Biology
About Company
AppLovin connects you to audiences in-app, on mobile devices, across streaming TV, and beyond. Our advanced suite of solutions for app monetization and user acquisition drives growth and maximizes revenue for publishers and advertisers globally. Grow your business with AppLovin.
