Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Search & Discovery

SpaceX

Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $313,000–$330,500 / yr
Posted: 79 days ago

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This role $322k

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Search & Discovery

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As a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Instacart, you will join the Search & Discovery team to lead the transformation of how machine learning powers customer shopping experiences. This hands-on role involves defining and driving the technical vision for ML systems that enhance search, discovery, recommendations, and personalization across millions of users and products in real-time. You will architect large-scale ML systems using technologies like large language models (LLMs), agentic AI, and advanced recommendation algorithms to create next-generation shopping experiences. Ideal candidates have a Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related fields, with extensive experience building and operating scalable ML systems in production environments. Proficiency in Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and expertise in areas such as recommendation systems, ranking models, embeddings, and search systems is essential.

Skills

MachineLearning LargeLanguageModels AgenticAISystems RecommendationSystems RankingModels Embeddings RepresentationLearning SearchSystems GenerativeAI CI/CD Python Scalability RealTimeSystems Experimentation CloudServices Docker Kubernetes Terraform

What you'll do

Define and drive the long term technical vision for machine learning in search, discovery, recommendations.
Lead development of AI systems that improve how customers discover products on Instacart.
Architect large scale ML systems combining LLM reasoning, retrieval, ranking, recommendation models.
Build and operate production ML systems serving real time shopping experiences for millions of users.
Identify foundational ML capabilities to unlock new customer experiences and accelerate experimentation.

What we're looking for

Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or equivalent industry experience.
10+ years building and operating large scale ML systems in production.
Proven track record architecting ML systems for global-scale product experiences.
Deep expertise in recommendation systems, ranking models, embeddings, representation learning, search systems.
Experience combining generative AI with traditional ML systems like retrieval, ranking, personalization.
Ability to influence senior leaders and drive technical strategy across the organization.

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