What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Ranking and Recommendations position at Uber?
About The Role
The Shopping Ranking Team mission is enabling eaters to effortlessly make shopping decisions and find what they need. We pursue this mission via an ML-driven algorithmic approach, applying state-of-the-art Machine Learning (ML), Optimization techniques to learn from massive datasets Uber has, and build a scalable and reliable shopping intelligence ranking and recommendation systems.
We are actively seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer who excels in problem-solving and critical thinking, is proficient in coding, with proven track records of learning and growth, and has a deep interest in ML model, feature and infrastructure development. Candidates will have the opportunity to work across various lines, from infrastructure development to ML model development, productionalization, offering a diverse and enriching experience.
Join us in our pursuit of excellence as we are building the next generation of shopping ranking and recommendation systems.
What The Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points
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The Shopping Ranking Team mission is enabling eaters to effortlessly make shopping decisions and find what they need. We pursue this mission via an ML-driven algorithmic approach, applying state-of-the-art Machine Learning (ML), Optimization techniques to learn from massive datasets Uber has, and build a scalable and reliable shopping intelligence ranking and recommendation systems.
We are actively seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer who excels in problem-solving and critical thinking, is proficient in coding, with proven track records of learning and growth, and has a deep interest in ML model, feature and infrastructure development. Candidates will have the opportunity to work across various lines, from infrastructure development to ML model development, productionalization, offering a diverse and enriching experience.
Join us in our pursuit of excellence as we are building the next generation of shopping ranking and recommendation systems.
What The Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points
---- What the Candidate Will Do ----
- Design and build Machine Learning models in Ranking and Recommendation domain.
- Productionize and deploy these models for real-world application.
- Review code and designs of teammates, providing constructive feedback.
- Collaborate with Product and cross-functional teams to brainstorm new solutions and iterate on the product.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field, with 4 years of full-time engineering experience.
- 4 years of ML experience and building ML models
- Experience working with multiple multi-functional teams(product, science, product ops etc).
- Expertise in one or more object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Java, C ).
- Experience with big-data architecture, ETL frameworks and platforms, such as HDFS, Hive, MapReduce, Spark, , etc.
- Working knowledge of latest ML technologies, and libraries, such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Ray, etc.
- Proven track records of being a fast learner and go-getter, with willingness to get out of the comfort zone.
- Experience with building ranking and recommendation systems in production, making practical tradeoffs among algorithm sophistication, compute complexity, maintainability, and extensibility in production environments.
- Experience with taking on vague business problems, translating them into ML Optimization formulation, identifying the right features, model structure and optimization constraints, and delivering business impact.
- Experience with design and architecture of ML systems and workflows.
- Experience owning and delivering a technically challenging, multi-quarter project end to end.
Salary : $198,000 - $220,000