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Sony Interactive Entertainment · 8 hours ago

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Search

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$172K/yr - $258K/yr

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a global leader in entertainment producing the PlayStation family of products and services. They are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search to join their Machine Learning team, focusing on personalizing the PlayStation experience for users by designing and delivering impactful ML models and systems.

Consumer GoodsMusicVideo Games

Work & Life Balance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Keira Schumake

Responsibilities

Design and develop various machine learning and deep learning models and systems for high-impact consumer-facing applications such as search retrieval and ranking, content personalizations, and product recommendations

Work with a broad spectrum of state-of-the-art machine learning and deep learning technologies in the areas of recommendation systems

Create metrics and design A/B test plans to evaluate model performance offline and online to inform and convey our impacts to diverse groups of stakeholders

Collaborate with cross-functional teams of technical members and non-technical members in architecture, design, and code implementations

Analyze and produce insights from a large amount of dynamic structured and unstructured data using modern big data technologies

Produce reusable code and conduct peer code reviews according to standard methodologies in Python

Qualification

Machine LearningDeep LearningPythonA/B TestingRecommendation SystemsCloud ServicesData AnalysisSoftware Engineering PrinciplesCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving

Required

Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) in CS/Statistics/Data Science, specializing in machine learning

Industry work experience in designing and implementing large-scale search retrieval, ranking models

Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale commercial machine learning products from conception to production

Experience with Python, and ideally also Scala or Java, proficient with ML frameworks such as Tensorflow, PyTorch, MLlib

Experience in developing a variety of ML models using structured and unstructured data

Industry experience in A/B testing

Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to stakeholders with limited knowledge of ML/AI

Experience with software engineering principles, modern ML tech stacks, and use of Databricks, Snowflake, Tecton, and cloud services like AWS for machine learning development and deployment

Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate through ambiguity to drive results

Preferred

Experience in developing personalized search systems

Experience with LLM applied in search or recommendation systems

Experience in standard methodologies in large-scale DL training/Inference

Experience in cloud-based environments, such as AWS

Experience working with custom ML platforms

Experience working on critical and consumer-facing ML applications

Proactive self-starter with experience working in fast-paced environments

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Matching 401(k)

Paid time off

Wellness program

Coveted employee discounts for Sony products

Bonus package

Company

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sony Interactive Entertainment is responsible for the PlayStation brand and family of products and services.

Founded in 1993

San Mateo, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.sie.com

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