AI Research Scientist 4, Generative Models, Recommender Systems

Netflix

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Work type
Remote
Location
Massachusetts
Salary
$300,000–$537,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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Netflix is the world''s leading streaming entertainment service, offering a vast library of TV series, films, documentaries, and original content to subscribers in over 190 countries. Industry: Streaming Entertainment & Media

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TL;DR · AI Research Scientist 4, Generative Models, Recommender Systems

AI Research Scientist 4 - Generative Models, Recommender Systems joins the Promotional Assets & Creative Technology AIMS team. This role involves designing and developing innovative machine learning solutions to improve title promotion and content discovery. You will track advancements in LLM and generative model research, translating them into concrete opportunities for summarization quality and building LLM-based evaluators. Responsibilities include leading end-to-end development for model training and evaluation, optimizing generated content for member impact by treating generation and audience targeting as coupled problems. You will utilize deep learning, natural language processing, and recommendation systems thinking. Required skills include expertise in LLM post-training approaches, experience with diffusion models, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts for stakeholders to inform strategic decisions regarding content promotion and personalization.

What you'll do

  • Translate LLM and generative model research into concrete opportunities for the promotional assets problem space.
  • Apply state-of-the-art techniques to improve summarization quality and build LLM-based evaluators.
  • Lead end-to-end ML development including research, model training, and evaluation for content generation.
  • Optimize generated content for member impact by coupling content generation with recommendation systems thinking.
  • Partner with engineers to integrate machine learning models into business applications and platforms.
  • Translate complex technical concepts for technical and non-technical stakeholders to inform strategic decisions.
  • Identify high-impact opportunities and define execution roadmaps as a subject matter expert.

What we're looking for

  • Strong foundation in Machine Learning and Deep Learning, specifically in Natural Language Processing and Understanding.
  • Demonstrated habit of tracking LLM and generative model literature to identify relevant business opportunities.
  • Expertise in one or more LLM post-training approaches.
  • Ability to lead end-to-end ML development including research, model training, and evaluation.
  • Ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Research experience in summarization or generated-text evaluation (e.g., LLM-as-judge methods) (preferred).
  • Background in vision models such as diffusion models (preferred).
  • Experience with recommendation systems, personalization, or other member-facing optimization systems (preferred).

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