Samsung Director Machine Learning Modeling 

United States, California, Mountain View 

8632708

Role and Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple global feature teams to deliver production-grade machine learning solutions with notable business impact from end to end
• Establish a clear vision and executable strategies for different machine learning component teams
• Take initiative to address technical challenges, tackle open problems, and advance the team’s machine learning capabilities
• Research latest machine learning technologies and keep up-to-date with industry trends and developments
• Ideate new machine learning projects with significant business value and create proof of concepts
• Introduce and enforce best engineering practices, uphold engineering quality standards, and streamline machine learning development and deployment processes
• Interface with cross-site cross-functional stakeholders to create effective roadmaps, manage their expectations, and ensure smooth execution of projects
• Closely work with external partners to introduce new machine learning features and tools
• Help establish the team’s reputation beyond Samsung
• Mentor and grow junior members in the team and foster a positive team culture

Experience Requirements:

• Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science or related fields
• 10+ years of industry experience with a Master’s degree or 6+ years of industry experience with a PhD degree
• Experience with leading production-grade machine learning products with substantial revenue impact
• Solid theoretical background in machine learning and/or data mining
• Solid understanding of real-time machine learning systems
• Proficiency in mainstream ML libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Spark ML, etc.)

• Experience with mainstream big data tools (e.g., MapReduce, Spark, Flink, Kafka, etc.)

• Extensive programming experience in Python, Go or other OOP languages

• Familiarity with data structures, algorithms and software engineering principles
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong technical leadership and organizational abilities

• Excellent project and team management skills

Preferred Experience Requirements:

• Publications in top relevant venues (e.g., TPAMI, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, KDD, WWW, AAAI, IJCAI, etc.)
• Basic knowledge about Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with the advertising industry, real-time bidding (RTB) ecosystem, demand-side platform (DSP), and Ad Manager