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Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

CompanyCoupang
LocationMountain View, CA, USA
Salary$159000 – $324000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesMaster’s, PhD
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • 8+ years working experience in the engineering teams that build large-scale ML-driven user-facing products
  • Experience with state of the art ML modeling techniques and approaches like transformers, self supervised pre-training, generative modeling, LLMs, etc.
  • Hands-on experience training and applying models at scale using deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or Tensorflow
  • Proficient coding skills in Java, C++ or Python
  • Masters or PhD in Comp Sci or related fields

Responsibilities

  • Root causes the major defects that are present in Coupang searchers’ experience.
  • Propose solutions which address these defects and leverage the state-of-the-art technologies, including ML, DL and LLM.
  • Drive end-to-end ML methods that have a high degree of ambiguity, scale and complexity
  • Build machine learning models, perform proof-of-concept, experiment, optimize and deploy your models into production.
  • Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for data analysis, machine-learning model development, model validation and serving.
  • Run A/B experiments, gather data, and perform statistical analysis to develop insights that drive product requirements.
  • Present results and explain methods to the leadership.
  • Mentor junior engineers on the team and partner teams and help to uplevel ML talent across the company.
  • Be a thought leader and able to gain consensus in the organization when needed.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Love to explore new territory of technology and go deep on domain knowledge.
  • Ability to think outside-the-box and challenge conventional wisdoms.
  • Extensive knowledge in deep learning and computer vision techniques.
  • A passion to explore, improve, automate and optimize distributed systems and tools.
  • PhD in Computer Science or related Engineering majors
  • Bonus points for experience at ecommerce or social network or search companies
  • Bonus points for large language models, generative AI experience.