Research Engineer 5/6 – AI for Member Systems

Netflix

Remote

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Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$600,000–$1,066,000 / yr
Posted
16 days ago

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Above market

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About Netflix

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 · Research Engineer 5/6 – AI for Member Systems

Join Netflix's AI for Member Systems (AIMS) Engineering group as a Research Engineer and apply your expertise in machine learning to enhance personalization systems and algorithms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable ML solutions that improve member experiences, from initial concept through deployment in real-time systems. Responsibilities include optimizing model performance, conducting experiments, and contributing to the advancement of Netflix's ML infrastructure. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of industrial experience applying machine learning, a PhD or Masters in Computer Science or Statistics, and expertise in Python, Scala, Java, C++, or C#. Experience with recommendations, personalization, long-term reward modeling, transformers, and large-scale language models is preferred, along with strong software design skills and contributions to open-source projects.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop machine learning algorithms to enhance personalization and recommendations.
  • Implement scalable ML solutions from concept to deployment in Netflix's large-scale systems.
  • Optimize performance of ML models to handle diverse global member behaviors.
  • Conduct offline experiments and A/B tests to validate algorithmic changes on business metrics.
  • Improve ML infrastructure and tooling to maintain industry best practices.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of industrial experience in applying machine learning to deliver impactful results.
  • PhD or Masters in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
  • Expertise in designing and deploying production-ready ML solutions at scale.
  • Proficiency in Python and one other language like Scala, Java, C++, or C#.
  • Experience with recommendation systems, personalization, and large-scale ML applications.
  • Strong background in machine learning algorithms, frameworks, and neural networks.

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