As a Machine Learning Engineer, you’ll contribute to key components of the product search stack - including indexing pipelines, and query-time services that deliver fast and relevant search results. You’ll collaborate closely with backend engineers and catalog data teams to enable intelligent, contextual, and scalable search capabilities.We’re looking for motivated and collaborative engineers who thrive on solving complex problems in large-scale search systems. You will work on challenges such as query and document understanding, product entity modeling and enrichment, taxonomy structuring, retrieval and ranking algorithms, and search quality evaluation. You will build models that enhance search relevance and ranking, delivering highly relevant results to users across the PayPal ecosystem. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in machine learning systems, takes ownership of the project from research and prototyping to production deployment, and is eager to shape modern, AI-powered search experiences.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Lead the development and optimization of advanced machine learning models.
- Oversee the preprocessing and analysis of large datasets.
- Deploy and maintain ML solutions in production environments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate ML models into products and services.
- Monitor and evaluate the performance of deployed models, making necessary adjustments.
Expected Qualifications:
- 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Extensive experience with ML frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.
- Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and tools for data processing and model deployment.
Preferred Qualification:
Experience working with large datasets, data processing pipelines (e.g., Dataflow, Spark, Flink), and scalable architectures.
Strong communicationand collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams and contribute to a high-performing engineering culture.
Experience working on search or recommendation systems at scale.
Familiarity with A/B testing and experimentation methodologies for search relevance improvement.
The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .
The US national annual pay range for this role is $152,500 to $262,350
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