Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (AI/ML)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (AI/ML): Building and owning the next generation of content recommendation, understanding, and generation models/systems with an accent on applying state-of-the-art ML models and optimizing critical business KPIs. Focus on scaling ML ecosystems, distributed computing, and integrating Gen AI into production.

Location: Must be based in New York

Salary: $195,000–$465,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, pioneering streaming to the TV and connecting consumers to content, enabling publishers, and providing advertisers unique capabilities.

What you will do

• Apply state-of-the-art ML models, including transformer-based sequential models, collaborative filtering models, session-based models, reinforcement learning models, and diffusion models.
• Run online AB tests and analyze them to optimize critical business KPIs.
• Collaborate across Product and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Nurture the ML ecosystem to ensure it withstands scale, developer velocity, and future business shifts.
• Help in training and mentoring new team members.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in applying Machine Learning to concrete problems at a large scale.
• Strong CS fundamentals and software engineering skills, including designing and writing efficient algorithms.
• Deep understanding of statistics learning and ML fundamentals (Regression, Classification, Tree-based approach, Neural networks, sequence-based models, reinforcement learning).
• Deep experience with system architecture, especially for serving ML models.
• Extensive experience in distributed computing and data pipelines.
• Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science or a related area.

Nice to have

• Experience in the recommendation domain.
• Ph.D. in Machine Learning.
• Experience deploying Generative AI in production.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers globally.
• Work in a fast-growing public company with a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Eligible for health insurance, equity awards, and life insurance.
• Disability benefits, parental leave, and wellness benefits.
• Paid time off.