Snap Inc.

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Content Relevance

Snap Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Palo Alto • California • Washington • United States

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Salary

💰 $276,000 - $414,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Drive the technical roadmap of the Content Relevance team and optimize our personalized video recommendation systems
  • Advance the core ML capabilities and design, implement, and scale the overall architecture of the content recommendation systems, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on machine learning strategies to meet company objectives
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest technology in machine learning and apply this knowledge to tackle complex problems in innovative ways
  • Collaborate with leadership to up-level the ML tech stack and improve the performance of the organization
  • Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products or services
  • Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
  • Provide technical direction that influences the entire company

Requirements

  • BS in technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience
  • 9+ years of post-Bachelor’s machine learning experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad ML experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post-grad ML experience
  • 2+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain-expert to a technical organization
  • Experience developing and shipping performant and scalable machine learning models for recommendation or ranking use cases
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 learningrecommendation systemsscalabilityperformance optimizationarchitecture designmodel developmentranking algorithmstechnical leadershipdata analysisstatistical modeling
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkinginfluencingadvocacycross-functional teamworkorganizational skillsinnovationoperational excellence
Certifications
BS in computer scienceBS in mathematicsBS in statisticsMaster's degree in technical fieldPhD in related technical field