Algorithm Engineer, Ads; Campus

Algorithm Engineer, Paid Ads (Campus Recruitment 2026) at Shopee

Shopee will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Shopee sponsorship of a visa.

The Paid Ads team was established in 2016 to provide an e-commerce advertising platform by relying on Shopee’s massive data. Our expertise covers data, high performance AI-based online services, distributed systems, machine learning algorithms, and ads business strategies. The team places a strong emphasis on technology and strives to achieve innovation.

We are seeking a candidate to join our Paid Ads team to build and improve large-scale advertising platform modules and models.

Responsibilities include:

• Enhance existing recall, pre-ranking, ranking, re-ranking modules in our large scale ads platform, and continuously improve ads quality.
• Iterate ads core models, including but not limited to CTR/CVR, expand and optimize feature set, search and create new model architecture.
• Optimize ads bidding, deduction and traffic allocation strategies to create better ads bidding mechanism and increase ads monetisation efficiency.
• Focus on the research of search, recommendation and ads to apply relevant strategies and adapt to our platform for implementation in our production system.

• Bachelor's Degree or above in Computer Science or a related field, graduating from December 2025 to May 2026.
• Deep understanding in machine learning and deep learning theory, publications in machine learning and data mining or related conferences is a bonus.
• Sensitive to data and business, passionate about technical challenges, have excellent critical thinking skills.
• Be familiar with big data processing tools, have experience with one or more of the following tools:
  Hadoop, Spark, Hive and Flink etc.
• Effective team player and has good communication skills.
• Proactive and self-motivated.
• Preferred to have Ads algorithm internship experience.

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Information Technology

• Software Development, Internet Marketplace Platforms, and Technology, Information and Internet