Senior Machine Learning Scientist

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent professional experience
  • 8+ years of relevant professional experience
  • Demonstrated ownership of machine learning solutions at the service or multi-service level, including problem definition, model development, evaluation, and operationalization
  • Strong foundation in machine learning methods, statistical analysis, experimentation, and data-driven decision making
  • Hands-on coding experience in scientific and production-oriented environments
  • Experience working with cross-functional partners to deploy technical solutions
  • Core expertise in scalable model development, data modelling, and integration into software systems

Nice to Haves

  • Advanced degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related quantitative field
  • Experience delivering machine learning solutions at scale, including architecture, production monitoring, model lifecycle management, and operational excellence
  • Ability to influence technical direction through experimentation, scientific reasoning, and clear communication
  • Strong experience with recommendation, ranking, retrieval, search, personalization, ads, marketplace, or e-commerce applied ML systems
  • Experience with neural recommendation systems, sequential/session-based recommendation, transformer-based recommenders, semantic or generative retrieval, or representation learning at scale

What You'll Be Doing

  • Design, develop, and apply machine learning solutions to personalization, product, and business problems
  • Drive end-to-end scientific work including problem formulation, data exploration, feature engineering, model development, evaluation, and iteration
  • Partner closely with engineers, product, and business stakeholders to integrate ML solutions into services and workflows
  • Use strong technical judgment to select appropriate methods, validate outcomes, and improve model performance and reliability
  • Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes
  • Stay informed about advancements in recommender systems and relevance algorithms through ongoing research
  • Contribute deep technical expertise and help raise scientific and engineering quality through experimentation, documentation, mentoring, and reusable approaches
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