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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search & Recommendations

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about 6 hours ago
Remote, CanadaSenior / Mid Level
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Responsibilities

  • Architect the ranking backbone for search and personalization.
  • Design a search autosuggest system focused on value-based relevance.
  • Create long-horizon objective functions and uplift models.
  • Develop production-grade Multi-Task Learning systems.
  • Own the inference layer for re-ranking and latency optimization.
  • Advance evaluation practices for tracking incremental GTV and retention.
  • Collaborate with various teams to align ranking policies with business goals.
  • Mentor ML engineers in ranking and causal inference.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience applying ML at scale with a Master's degree, or 2+ years for PhD.
  • Proven track record in improving ranking or recommendation systems in production.
  • Experience with multi-objective optimization and online testing.
  • Strong coding skills in Python and data fluency in SQL/Pandas.
  • Expertise in classic ML techniques and deep learning frameworks.
  • Excellent analytical and cross-functional communication skills.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements with a Flex First approach.
  • Highly competitive compensation and benefits.
  • Eligibility for new hire equity grants and annual refresh grants.

Tech Stack

PandasPythonPyTorchSQLTensorFlowXGBoost

Categories

AI & MLData Science