Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization & Recommendations

Quizlet
Full-time
San Francisco, CA
$209,920 - $285,000
Posted on a month ago

Job Description

Quizlet is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to design and build large-scale retrieval, ranking, and recommendation systems to personalize the learning experience for millions of students. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered learning tools and advancing the company's personalization stack.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement personalization models
  • Develop scalable retrieval and serving systems
  • Build and maintain model training pipelines
  • Partner with Product and Data Science
  • Advance evaluation methodologies
  • Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams
  • Contribute to the long-term technical vision
  • Stay current with RecSys research
  • Mentor other engineers
  • Champion collaboration and inclusion

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in applied machine learning
  • Track record of improving online metrics
  • Strong skills in Python and PyTorch
  • Deep understanding of retrieval and ranking architectures
  • Experience with large-scale embedding models
  • Proficiency in experiment design and evaluation
  • Ability to communicate complex technical ideas
  • Growth and mentorship mindset
  • Commitment to responsible personalization

Benefits

  • No benefits