Airbnb · 2 days ago
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Guest & Host
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$244K/yr - $305K/yr
12+ years expAirbnb is a global platform that connects hosts and guests for unique stays and experiences. They are seeking a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer to enhance the Guest and Host experience by developing advanced machine learning models and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver AI features.
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Responsibilities
Leverage structured and unstructured data to build and continuously improve state of the art Machine Learning models for Airbnb product, business and operational use cases
Work collaboratively with engineers, product managers, data scientists, and operations to identify problems and deploy ML capabilities
Stay up to date with SoT models and prototype machine learning product features and iterate with product and design
Drive best practices, develop playbooks, and create a repeatable process for shipping quality machine learning features
Hands-on development, productionization, and maintenance of machine learning models and pipelines at scale
Qualification
Required
Industry experience building and shipping end to end machine learning features
12+ years of industry experience in applied Machine Learning, with experience in both Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision
A Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in CS/ML or related field
Strong programming (Python / Java/ C++ or equivalent) skills with data and backend engineering expertise
Deep understanding of Machine Learning best practices (eg. training/serving skew minimization, A/B test, feature engineering, feature/model selection) and algorithms (eg. gradient boosted trees, neural networks/deep learning, optimization)
Experience with technologies such as: Tensorflow, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Airflow (or equivalent), Kafka (or equivalent)
Expertise with architectural patterns of a large, high-scale software applications (e.g., well-designed APIs, high volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms, models)
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Employee Travel Credits
Company
Airbnb
Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.44BKey Investors
VERSO CapitalJP Morgan ChaseFirstMark
2020-12-10IPO
2020-04-14Debt Financing· $1B
2020-04-06Private Equity· $1B
Leadership Team
Brian Chesky
Co-founder & CEO
Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-founder / Chief Strategy Officer
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