Lead AIML Engineer
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
ABOUT YOU
Were seeking a Lead AI/ML Engineer to architect and scale our data infrastructure supporting personalization churn prediction and recommendation systems across Xsollas global gaming commerce platform. Youll lead the design and optimization of ML algorithms in Vertex AI build scalable data pipelines integrating multiple sources and establish best practices for data quality governance and performance. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with cross-functional collaboration mentoring engineers partnering with data science and backend teams to productionize ML features and working directly with the Director of Data Platforms to translate business needs into technical solutions. Youll be instrumental in shaping our data mesh architecture while ensuring compliance scalability and operational excellence as we serve game developers worldwide.
ABOUT US
Xsolla is a global commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inherent challenges of the video game industry. From indie to AAA companies partner with Xsolla to help them fund distribute market and monetize their games. Grounded in the belief in the future of video games Xsolla is resolute in the mission to bring opportunities together and continually make new resources available to creators. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles California Xsolla operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1500 game developers to reach more players and grow their businesses around the world. With more paths to profits and ways to win developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game.
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Responsibilities:
- Design build and optimize algorithms in Vertex AI
- Develop scalable data models and algorithms supporting user 360 views churn prediction and recommendation engine inputs
- Lead integration across data sources: MySQL BigQuery Redis Kafka GCP Storage and API Gateway
- Implement CI/CD for data pipelines using Git dbt and automated testing
- Define data quality checks and auditing pipelines for ingestion and transformation layers
- Mentor and guide junior AI/ML engineers on data modeling and algorithm performance tuning
- Partner with Data Science ML and Backend teams to productionize machine learning features in Snowflake
- Work closely with Legal Security and Infrastructure teams to ensure compliance privacy and governance of user data (PII)
- Collaborate with the Director of Data Platforms and product stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications
- Tune algorithm performance
- Establish data partitioning clustering and materialized views for fast query execution
- Build dashboards and monitors for pipeline health job success and data latency metrics (e.g. via Looker Tableau or Snowsight)
- Establish and enforce naming conventions data lineage and metadata standards across schemas
- Lead code reviews enforce documentation standards and manage schema versioning
- Contribute to the companys evolving data mesh and streaming architecture vision
Qualification & Skills:
- 5 years of experience in AI/ML engineering with3 years in .
- Strong SQL and Python skills with proven experience buildingETL/ELTat scale.
- Deep understanding ofalgorithm performance tuningquery optimization andwarehouse orchestration.
- Experience withdata pipeline orchestration(Airflow Prefect dbt or similar).
- Solid understanding ofdata modeling(Kimball Data Vault or hybrid).
- Proficiency inKafkaGCP orAWSfor real-time or batch ingestion.
- Familiarity withAPI-based data integrationandmicroservice architectures.
Nice to Have:
- Experience leadmachine learning teamsor/and deployingML feature pipelines.
- Background inad-tech gaming or e-commercerecommendation systems.
- Familiarity withdata contractsandfeature stores(Feast Tecton or custom-built).
- Experience managing small data engineering teams and setting technical direction
- Strong ownership and ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent cross-functional communication can translate between engineering and business.
- Hands-on problem solver who balances velocity with reliability.
- Collaborative mentor who raises the bar for team quality and discipline
$130000 - $160000 a year
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Xsolla is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race color religion sex national origin age disability sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with the Fair Chance Act.
Criminal History Consideration:
For the Lead AI/ML Engineer we will conduct a background check that may include the following:
Criminal history check
Employment verification
Education verification
Relevance to Job Responsibilities:
The background check is relevant to this position because of the following role responsibilities:
Accessing confidential company data
Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
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Required Experience:
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About Company
Find out how you can launch, monetize and scale your video games worldwide, with no upfront costs, using Xsolla's comprehensive suite of tools and services.
