Manager, Machine Learning Engineering
Snap Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Palo Alto • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $229,000 - $343,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Lead a team of machine learning engineers and software engineers to build large scale indexing, retrieval and ranking system to deliver best Snapchat content to drive user growth
- Collaborate with broad product teams in Snap to define the architecture and vision of the system, and grow the team beyond the initial scope
- Build the evaluation system to drive rapid iteration and high-quality decision making: work closely with Data Science and Product partners to define success metrics
- Build and grow a high-performing team: uplevel the team’s engineering and ML excellence, and influence the company-wide ML strategy
Requirements
- Bachelor’s in a related technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of experience
- 8+ years of post-Bachelor’s ML industry experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 7+ year of post-grad ML experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 4+ years of post-grad ML experience
- 1 + year(s) of experience leading machine learning teams teams that focus on ranking or recommendations
- Deep understanding of machine learning approaches, algorithms and their application to recommender and search system
- Experience on utilizing large language models for tasks like keyword extraction, description generation, and semantic relevance judging
- Strong management and mentorship skills, fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with meticulous attention to detail
- Proficiency in managing and solving ambiguous problems
Benefits
- paid parental leave
- comprehensive medical coverage
- emotional and mental health support programs
- compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
machine learningranking systemsrecommendation systemslarge language modelskeyword extractiondescription generationsemantic relevancedata sciencesuccess metricsevaluation systems
Soft skills
management skillsmentorship skillscollaborative cultureinnovative cultureverbal communicationwritten communicationattention to detailproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreePhD