Machine Learning Ops Engineer

Department: Tech

Location: Berlin

Compensation: €110K – €190K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus

Employment Type: FullTime

This isn’t your regular job. Almedia is a place where those who want to push harder can accelerate their careers faster than anywhere else. We’re aiming to become Germany’s second bootstrapped unicorn. Almedia is already Europe’s #3 fastest-growing company in 2025 (FT1000).

We are building the future of marketing by rewarding our community of over 60 million users for engaging with our advertisers’ products. We are offering a new way to acquire users for the biggest companies in the world.

Machine Learning Ops Engineer

You’ll take ownership of designing, scaling, and optimising the backend systems that power Almedia’s payout automation and growth experiments. Your work will enable the company to transform complex business logic into reliable, data-driven systems at scale.

Types of problems you’ll be solving

• Build automated payout structure generation and transformation systems.

• Design dynamic, personalised payout algorithms based on user behaviour.

• Implement continuous split-testing infrastructure for payouts.

• Develop scalable, high-performance Python systems integrated with data and ML pipelines.

• Improve system reliability, performance, and maintainability.

Your role

• Lead end-to-end design and development of backend systems.

• Set coding standards and provide technical leadership for Python development.

• Collaborate with ML engineers, data scientists, and product teams.

• Build frameworks for experiment setup, versioning, and evaluation.

• Refine system architecture to reduce complexity and improve efficiency.

You have

• Proven experience building large-scale backend systems in Python.

• Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and clean code.

• Experience with data pipelines, A/B testing, or algorithmic personalisation.

• Strong SQL and cloud (AWS/GCP) skills.

Bonus points for

• Experience with ML pipelines, model deployment, or adtech systems.

• Optimising payout, reward, or incentive systems at scale.

• Passion for gaming, data-driven experimentation, and automation.

What makes you a great fit

• Own Everything: You take full ownership of outcomes, from design to deployment, and thrive in solving ambiguous challenges.

• Raise the Bar: You set high technical standards, write clean, elegant code, and inspire others to do the same.

• Move Fast: You’re pragmatic, solution-focused, and love building systems that deliver impact quickly and reliably.

Why Almedia?

• Own Our Growth: We offer all Berlin-based employees equity in Almedia to truly be a part of our success.

• Scale With Almedia: Grow alongside a startup that has been profitable from day one.

• Central Berlin Office: Work from a fully-stocked modern office built for collaboration, accessible from all around Berlin.

• Other Benefits: Transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and more.

We believe in fostering talent, evaluating all skill levels during the hiring process, and providing a clear path for growth. Almedia is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity, and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.