Staff Machine Learning Scientist

TL;DR

Staff Machine Learning Scientist (AI): Responsible for defining new ML features, researching algorithms and technologies, and prototyping with product and design teams. Focus on identifying areas where ML creates value, algorithm selection, and productization of models.

Location: Expected to be in the office at least three days per week.

Company

hirify.global is the AI Customer Service company on a mission to help businesses provide incredible customer experiences.

What you will do

• Play an active role in hiring, mentoring and career development of other engineers
• Raise the bar for technical standards, performance, reliability, and operational excellence
• Identify areas where ML can create value for customers
• Identify the right ML framing of product problems
• Conduct exploratory data analysis and research
• Work with engineers to bring prototypes to production

Requirements

• 5-8 years of applied ML experience
• Previous background in a senior/staff role (data science, software development or academic)
• Significant demonstrated impact on the product and teams
• Strong programming skills
• Experience as the primary technical leader for a team
• Strong communication skills across disciplines

Nice to have

• Track record shipping ML products
• PhD or other experience in a research environment
• Deep experience in an applicable ML area such as NLP, deep learning, Bayesian methods, or reinforcement learning
• Strong stats or math background
• Visualization, data skills, SQL, matplotlib, etc.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing start-up
• Lunch every weekday, plus snacks and a stocked kitchen
• Regular compensation reviews
• Comprehensive health and dental insurance for you and your dependents
• Open vacation policy and flexible holidays
• Paid maternity and paternity leave