Director, Machine Learning Engineering - Surfaces Foundation

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Director, Machine Learning Engineering - Surfaces Foundation in Italy .

This leadership role sits at the core of large-scale personalization systems that define how hundreds of millions of users experience recommendations across digital surfaces. You will guide the evolution of foundational machine learning platforms that power targeting, ranking, serving, and evaluation systems at massive scale. The role blends deep technical leadership with strategic platform thinking, ensuring teams can innovate quickly while relying on stable, shared infrastructure. You will work across multiple engineering, product, and data science groups to align priorities and shape long-term architectural direction. A key focus will be enabling scalable AI-driven systems and promoting the effective adoption of modern development tools across teams. This is a high-impact position where your decisions directly influence user experience, system performance, and the future of personalization technology.