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Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

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4 months ago
New York, NY, USA or San Francisco, CA, USA
Senior / Staff+
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Base Salary

$284k - $426k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build large-scale ranking, search, and recommendation systems.
  • Architect and productionize end-to-end ML pipelines.
  • Prototype model behavior and visualize results for collaboration.
  • Develop embedding systems and retrieval models for real-time user service.
  • Establish ML observability and performance monitoring.
  • Partner with cross-functional leaders to align on goals and impact.
  • Mentor and guide engineers to uphold technical excellence.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in applied machine learning focused on search or recommendation systems.
  • Proven experience in designing and deploying production ML systems for millions of users.
  • Strong programming skills in Python.
  • Proficiency in backend development and integrating ML systems into production.
  • Ability to visualize ML outputs in interactive UI contexts.
  • Expertise in data pipelines, feature stores, and model observability.
  • Deep understanding of embedding-based retrieval and ranking algorithms.
  • Strong collaboration skills with engineers, designers, and PMs.
  • Experience mentoring senior engineers and driving technical alignment.
  • Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity plans.
  • Healthcare and flexible time off.
  • Company holidays and recharge days.
  • Commuter benefits and lifestyle stipends.
  • Learning and development stipends.
  • Parental leave and 401k plan with matching.

Tech Stack

Python

Categories

AI & MLBackendData Engineering