Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Snap

• Strong understanding of machine learning and deep learning approaches and algorithms, and their applications to advertising, recommendation, and/or search domain
• Experience setting the direction for a team whose primary output is online ranking / recommendation models
• Ability to design, train, and optimize advanced machine learning models
• Excellent programming and software design skills
• Ability to proactively learn new concepts and technology and apply them at work
• Skilled at solving ambiguous problems and leading and executing complex technical initiatives
• Strong collaboration and mentorship skills
• Bachelor's in a technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience
• 9+ years of industry machine learning experience
• 2+ years of experience as a technical lead
• Experience developing and shipping performant and scalable machine learning models for recommendation or ranking use cases

Desirable

• We’re looking for a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to join the Content Relevance team Snap!
• 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

• Paid maternity, paternity and family caregiver leave
• Adoption, surrogacy, infertility and fertility preservation benefits
• Backup child care coverage, caregiver assistance and digital maternity care support
• Short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance and AD&D insurance
• Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HSA and HMO options
• Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
• Vision coverage, including LASIK benefits
• Gym perks and discounts
• Team fitness classes, hikes and races
• Sports leagues
• Cooking and nutritional workshops
• Generous time off and leave programmes
• Meditation and yoga classes
• Emotional and mental health support programmes and apps
• Social gatherings, team outings and volunteering programmes
• Speaker series, classes and subscriptions to educational programmes
• Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth and after-tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega Backdoor option!)
• Rocket Lawyer memberships
• Financial education programmes
• Compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long-term success!
• Have a teammate going through a tough time? Lend them a hand through our internal Snap-a-wish programme! We'll work hard to make sure they get the support they need.

Total funding: $2.6bn

Snap is the social media giant that owns Snapchat, a social media mobile app released in 2011. Created to serve as a more emotive communication form than texting, the app has gained mass popularity, reaching upwards of 400 million daily users worldwide.