Uber Staff Engineer Machine Learning Search 

United States, West Virginia 

456758754

What the Candidate Will Do:

• Lead the team in design, development, and deployment of state-of-the-art machine learning models and algorithms to solve business problems and improve product performance.
• Collaborate with applied/data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to understand requirements, define project goals, and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Set long term technical direction for one of the key investment areas in the team (e.g., query understanding, retrieval, ranking), and uphold high engineering and ML quality bar
• Mentor and grow ML engineers in the team
• Identify new business opportunities to solve problems with the right technologies, and stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in machine learning techniques and technologies.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, or a related technical field
• 6+ years of experience in developing and deploying machine learning models and algorithms in production environments
• Deep understanding of machine learning algorithms and ranking / recommendation systems, and strong system design skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, or a related technical field
• Experience directly tech leading a machine learning team focusing on large scale search and ranking applications.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, or C++
• Familiarity with latest development in the field of deep learning, LLM, generative AI, recommendation system and related fields. Track record of applied research is a plus.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 per year.