Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Yahoo

full-time

Posted on: 9/25/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $128,250 - $266,875 per year

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About the role

Design, develop, and maintain advanced machine learning models and systems focused on ranking, recommendation, and content understanding
Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and software engineers to integrate machine learning solutions into product infrastructure
Monitor and evaluate performance of machine learning systems in production using metrics to guide improvements
Drive development and implementation of MLOps practices to ensure scalability and efficiency of ML workflows
Translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions
Adhere to Yahoo policies; exercise sound judgment; work effectively, safely and inclusively; exhibit trustworthiness and safeguard business operations and brand integrity

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
8+ years of software engineering experience
Strong expertise in machine learning, NLP, and recommender systems for content classification and personalization
Proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala
Experience with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn)
Experience working with large-scale datasets and distributed computing (Spark, Hadoop)
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices
Strong understanding of metadata extraction, named entity recognition (NER), and semantic search technologies
Proven ability to scale and optimize ML models for production environments
Solid foundation in machine learning operations (MLOps) and automating ML workflows
Strong communication skills and ability to translate complex business requirements into technical solutions
Customer-focused mindset and bias for action
Publications or presentations on recommendation systems (preferred)