Staff Research Team Lead

As a Staff Research Team Lead you will lead a small team (4–8) of ML researchers while staying deeply hands-on. ML is at the very center of RTB House, and you will have a strong, immediate impact on our core metrics. This is a hands-on leadership role: we expect you to perform technically at the level of a Staff ML Researcher, while also owning your team's direction, growth, and delivery. 

We are looking for a strong individual contributor who will lead research projects of high scope and ambiguity. The following skills will be crucial:

• Ability to solve unclear problems. You will have to understand the core of the issue, define the goal and how to measure success, and find the most effective way to solve the problem.

• Hands-on ML expertise. This is an applied research role: we build ML systems that run in production. You will write code, train models, run experiments, and ship — the measure of success is real-world impact.

• Being results oriented. We value a healthy drive to solve problems effectively, by starting simple and using complex tools only when necessary, always striving for a simple, elegant solution.

• Team leadership. You will manage 4–8 researchers: setting direction, prioritizing projects, unblocking, and growing people through feedback and mentorship.

• Vision and execution. Identify high-potential projects, create a vision, communicate with stakeholders, and above all, execute — through your team, not only yourself.

• End to end ownership. You will own the projects from conception, through analysis, research, building a proof of concept, testing, to final implementation and deployment.

• Effective communication. In this role you will collaborate with many people, and it's crucial to communicate well and organize the work effectively.