Yahoo · 21 hours ago
Senior/Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Yahoo News (Hybrid NYC or Reston, VA)
United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $299K/yrYahoo is a global company that helps people achieve their goals online through a portfolio of iconic products. They are seeking a Senior/Principal Machine Learning Engineer to develop full-stack ranking, recommendation, and content understanding systems for Yahoo News, leveraging machine learning tools to enhance user experience and editorial capabilities.
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Hiring Manager
Alicia Ciaccia
Responsibilities
Hands-on development of “full-stack” ranking, recommendation and content understanding systems that will power the next-generation of Yahoo! News
Leverage third-party, open-source and in-house machine learning tools to build high-performing machine learning systems
Work collaboratively with cross-functional partners to leverage machine learning to improve Yahoo News for our readers and build state-of-the-art tooling for our editorial team
Qualification
Required
Industry experience in productionalizing batch and online machine learning models
Knowledge of workflow orchestration solutions and opinions about best practices on how to use them
Experience using and evaluating open-source and 3rd party 'mlops' solutions
Ability to formalize a product problem, run reproducible offline experiments and analyze the results
Strong written communication and data visualization skills
Experience working with modern ML frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, Jax)
Understanding of the difference between 'research' code and production code, and when each is appropriate
Strong working knowledge of data engineering best practices & data warehousing concepts
Strong familiarity with software engineering principles, design patterns, and code quality practices
Previous working experience in Python and Java, Scala or Go
Working knowledge of how data scientists leverage data
Benefits
Healthcare
A great 401k
Backup childcare
Education stipends
Much (much) more
Company
Yahoo
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Verizon Media.
Founded in 1994
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.8MKey Investors
SoftBank GroupSequoia Capital
2021-05-03Acquired
1996-04-12IPO
1995-11-30Series B· $4.8M
Leadership Team
Monica Vorn Mijaleski
Chief Financial Officer
Mike Gupta
SVP Finance / Chief Treasury Officer
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