Remote Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Recommendations)

Description:

• Scribd is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to design, build, and optimize ML systems that scale to millions of users.
• The role involves working across the entire lifecycle from data ingestion to model training, deployment, and monitoring, focusing on creating fast, reliable, and cost-efficient pipelines.
• The engineer will contribute to next-generation AI features like doc-chat and ask-AI, enhancing user interaction with Scribd’s content.
• Responsibilities include collaborating with engineering and analytics teams to build large-scale data pipelines, training and deploying ML models, designing and running experiments, and partnering with product managers and data scientists to deliver user-focused solutions.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 4+ years of experience as a professional ML or software engineer, with a proven track record of delivering production ML systems at scale.
• Proficiency in at least one key programming language is required, preferably Python or Golang, with Scala or Ruby also considered.
• Expertise in designing and architecting large-scale ML pipelines and distributed systems is essential.
• Deep experience with distributed data processing frameworks such as Spark or Databricks is necessary.
• Strong cloud expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP, along with experience in deployment platforms like ECS, EKS, or Lambda, is required.
• Candidates should have a proven ability to optimize system performance and make informed trade-offs in ML model and system design.
• Experience leading technical projects and mentoring engineers is expected.
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience is required.
• Nice to have: Experience with embedding-based retrieval, large language models, advanced recommendation or ranking systems, and expertise in experimentation design or ML evaluation methodologies.

Benefits:

• Scribd offers 100% paid healthcare insurance coverage for employees, including medical, dental, and vision.
• Employees receive 12 weeks of paid parental leave and have access to short-term and long-term disability plans.
• The company provides 401k/RSP matching and an onboarding stipend for home office peripherals and accessories.
• A learning and development allowance, along with various programs, is available to support employee growth.
• Employees receive a quarterly stipend for wellness, WiFi, and other expenses, as well as mental health support and resources.
• A free subscription to the Scribd Inc. suite of products is included, along with referral bonuses and a book benefit.
• Additional perks include sabbaticals, company-wide events, team engagement budgets, vacation and personal days, paid holidays, flexible sick time, and a volunteer day.
• Employees have access to AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation, and the company fosters an inclusive and diverse workplace through employee resource groups and programs.