Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning

Cognitiv in Bellevue, WA

$160,000 - $200,000

Cognitiv leverages deep learning artificial intelligence to build custom algorithms that more accurately and efficiently predict consumer purchase behavior. Each marketer has a unique set of goals, which is why Cognitiv created NeuralMind, a deep learning platform capable of automatically building custom algorithms that simultaneously consider the user, the context, the message, and the campaign objectives. We combine deterministic data and advanced processing techniques to continuously train these algorithms as they optimize our clients’ key performance indicators (KPIs), predicting consumer behavior in order to autonomously drive full-funnel marketing performance at scale.


We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Bidding Science team.  As a part of the team, you will build the next generation of real-time control systems and bidding algorithms ensuring our clients’ campaigns perform optimally.  You will also build the frameworks, tooling, and infrastructure to help our data scientists train and deploy models on demand.
This position will be located in Bellevue, WA with a hybrid work schedule of 3 days in office (Mon/Tue/Wed) and 2 days remote (Thursday/Friday).
Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate, including and not limited to job-related knowledge, level of relevant experience, education and skills. Base salary is just one component of your total rewards package at Cognitiv. Employees are eligible for equity and various benefits.

Here are some of the many benefits that our employees receive:

• Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, including some plans that are 100% employer paid
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Unlimited PTO
• Hybrid work model
• Lunch reimbursement
• Fitness reimbursement
• Cell phone reimbursement
• 401(k) plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pre-tax commuter benefits


Cognitiv has been revolutionizing the ad tech space for the last 7 years as the only programmatic buying platform to leverage Deep Learning in real-time. We have seen explosive growth and are looking for talented people who are looking to affect change in a rapidly growing organization and industry to join the team

Cognitiv is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

    • Use engineering best practices combined with ML domain knowledge to build robust, but customizable ML systems to train advanced Deep Learning models and next-generation data products
    • Use operations research algorithms and knowledge of our business to build advanced control systems and bidding algorithms
    • 4+ years experience as a Software Engineer working on production ML projects.
    • Experience with one or more Deep Learning framework (preferably pytorch)
    • Advanced proficiency in Python
    • Experience within the Python Data Science ecosystem - NumPy, SciPy, Jupyter, etc.
    • Cloud experience (preferably AWS)
    • SQL experience
    • Experience with sequential models.
    • Experience customizing deep learning frameworks (e.g. building custom data loaders)
    • C++ experience
    • $160,000-$200,000 base + equity
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