Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Discovery (ML + Backend Engineering)
$120k/y-$228k/y
3 days ago
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Summary
Scribd, Inc. is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Discovery to join their team in San Francisco, CA. The role involves designing, building, and optimizing ML systems that scale to millions of users.
About the Role
As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will work across the entire lifecycle of ML systems, from data ingestion to model training, deployment, and monitoring. You will collaborate with engineering and analytics teams to build large-scale data pipelines, train and deploy ML models, and run experiments to measure the impact of model changes. Your contributions will enhance user experiences across Scribd's products.
About You
Required:
- 4+ years of experience as a professional ML or software engineer with a proven track record of delivering production ML systems at scale.
- Proficiency in at least one key programming language (preferably Python or Golang).
- Expertise in designing and architecting large-scale ML pipelines and distributed systems.
- Deep experience with distributed data processing frameworks (Spark, Databricks, or similar).
- Strong cloud expertise (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and experience with deployment platforms (ECS, EKS, Lambda).
- Experience leading technical projects and mentoring engineers.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
Preferred:
- Experience with embedding-based retrieval, large language models, advanced recommendation or ranking systems.
- Expertise in experimentation design, causal inference, or ML evaluation methodologies.
Benefits
- 100% paid healthcare insurance coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision) for employees.
- 12 weeks paid parental leave.
- Short-term/long-term disability plans.
- 401k/RSP matching.
- Onboarding stipend for home office peripherals + accessories.
- Learning & Development allowance.
- Quarterly stipend for Wellness, WiFi, etc.
- Mental Health support & resources.
- Free subscription to the Scribd Inc. suite of products.
- Referral Bonuses.
- Sabbaticals.
- Paid Holidays (+ winter break).
- Flexible Sick Time.
- Volunteer Day.
Scribd, Inc.
Scribd, Inc. is a multinational technology company focused on the written and spoken word. Our three brands — Everand™, Scribd®, and SlideShare® — deliver knowledge, information, and inspiration to billions of people across the globe.
San Francisco, CA