Netflix

Research Engineer 5/6 – AI for Member Systems

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4 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
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Base Salary

$600k - $1066k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement machine learning algorithms for personalization, recommendations, and member experiences.
  • Create scalable, production-ready ML solutions from initial concept through deployment in large-scale, real-time systems.
  • Optimize the performance and scalability of machine learning models for Netflix’s global member base.
  • Design and conduct offline experiments and A/B tests to evaluate algorithmic changes.
  • Improve ML infrastructure and tooling and collaborate with cross-functional technical and product teams.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience applying machine learning in an industrial setting with a record of impactful results.
  • PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
  • Hands-on expertise training, tuning, and deploying machine learning models in production environments.
  • Excellent software design and development skills in Python plus Scala, Java, C++, or C#.
  • Experience in recommendations, personalization, long-term reward modeling, bandits, transformers, large-scale language models, LLM evaluation, or RLHF reward modeling/alignment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Preferred: experience with personalization systems, search engines, large-scale ML applications, neural networks, natural language processing, causal inference, or open-source ML contributions.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health plans, mental health support, a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, stock option program, disability programs, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family-forming benefits, and life and serious injury benefits.
  • Paid leave programs; full-time salaried employees receive flexible time off immediately.
  • The annual salary range is location-dependent and the role uses Netflix’s salary-versus-stock compensation structure.

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About Netflix

10,000+ employees

Netflix builds and operates a global streaming service for TV series, films, games, and live programming, and produces original content through its in-house studio. It serves consumers in 190+ countries via subscription and ad-supported plans on internet-connected devices. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, Netflix is a public company traded on NASDAQ (NFLX).

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