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Haystack News · 2 months ago

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Haystack News is the number one destination for news on streaming platforms, trusted by over 25 million viewers. They are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to redefine user experiences through algorithm enhancements, leveraging expertise in machine learning and data analytics to improve user engagement and retention.

NewsVideo Streaming

Responsibilities

Work cross-functionally to translate business problems into ones that can be solved using machine learning

Have curiosity and apply analytical skills to dive deep into data to find key insights that would impact the business

Develop machine learning models to make recommendations and influence the product roadmap

Work with other team members to develop key metrics to achieve business outcomes

Be a champion of AB testing. Design, execute, and analyze experiments to prove product change attribution

Qualification

Recommender systemsMachine learning algorithmsPythonDeep learningSQLAnalytical skillsProblem-solvingCollaboration

Required

5+ year professional experience with at least 3 years building large-scale recommender systems (for news feeds, shopping, image, music, video, ads, etc)

Track record of shipping models to real-world applications and making an impact

Experience building and deploying online ML algorithms (e.g. contextual bandits)

Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or Operation Research

Proficient in programming in Python. Additional programming experience in Java, JavaScript, or C++ is a plus

Experience with deep learning and being familiar with tools such as PyTorch or TensorFlow

Familiarity with common machine learning algorithms, such as GBDT, XGBoost, Random Forest, Logistic Regression

Experience with SQL (e.g. postgres, snowflake, etc)