What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Ranking & Recommendations (Generative AI) position at Uber?
Role Location: San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Seattle, or New York
A bout 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 individuals who excel in problem-solving and critical thinking, are proficient in coding, with proven track records of learning and growth, and have 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 Generative AI - shopping ranking and recommendation systems.
What You Will Do
A bout 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 individuals who excel in problem-solving and critical thinking, are proficient in coding, with proven track records of learning and growth, and have 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 Generative AI - shopping ranking and recommendation systems.
What You 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.
- 6 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 : $232,000 - $258,000