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Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, CA

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$188k - $252k/yr Full time Manager Ai Ml Artificial Intelligence

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Job Description

The Lead Machine Learning Engineer will help shape and operationalize personalization technology for Disney+ and Hulu. This role focuses on ideation through productionization of recommendation algorithms across the full recommendation stack, using modern AI and LLM techniques alongside rigorous offline and online evaluation.

Responsibilities

Ideate, develop, iterate, and productionize personalization algorithms, including core ranking, content and user understanding models and graphs, candidate retrieval, and post-ranking systems.
Apply modern AI and LLM techniques to recommendation systems, including generating and improving recommendations, strengthening system evaluation, and accelerating model development and improvement.
Provide technical insight on recommendation approaches, evaluation methodology, and defining data, features, and objectives for models, while supporting other scientists in shaping and productionizing their ideas.
Drive the technical vision and innovation agenda for personalization by identifying high-impact opportunities and influencing how the team executes.
Design and run rigorous offline and online experiments, and contribute to improving evaluation systems and evaluation methodology.
Collaborate within the team and across Engineering, Product, and Data partners by communicating methodologies clearly to technical and non-technical audiences and managing stakeholder expectations.
Build production-worthy, maintainable systems that are easy to iterate on, and uphold strong standards for development, testing, and deployment, with readiness to support production issues when needed.

Requirements

7+ years of experience developing machine learning models and deploying them to production systems.
Strong background in applied ML science, end-to-end ML engineering, or a blend of both, with experience in recommendation systems modeling.
Hands-on experience with AI and LLM techniques and a solid understanding of the modern AI landscape.
Proficiency with tools and frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Databricks, Spark, and SQL.
In-depth understanding of modern machine learning methods, models, and their mathematical foundations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
A collaborative, personable working style that supports teamwork across organizations rather than working in isolation.

Preferred Qualifications

PhD in computer science, statistics, math, or a related quantitative field.
Publications or papers in machine learning or AI, particularly in recommender systems.
Production experience developing content recommendation algorithms at scale.
Experience with reinforcement learning or related sequential decision-making approaches.
Experience with recommendation system evaluation methodology, including offline evaluation and A/B experimentation.

Technologies

PyTorch
TensorFlow
Databricks
Spark
SQL
AI
LLM

Compensation and Benefits

Salary: USD 187,900 - 252,000 per yearly.

A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package.
The full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (dependent on the level and position offered).

Location

San Francisco, CA (onsite).

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

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