Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Marketing Technology team as a Staff Machine Learning Engineer and leverage AI/ML to enhance personalized customer experiences. You will work with large-scale data, build and improve machine learning models, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and productionize models at scale. This role focuses on personalization and intelligence, impacting content development, audience targeting, and more. Projects range from personalized recommendations to exploring generative AI. The position is US-remote eligible, with occasional office work possible. A competitive salary and benefits package are offered.

Requirements

• 9+ years of industry experience in applied Machine Learning with a BS/Masters or 7+ years with a PhD
• Strong programming (Scala / Python / Java/ C++ or equivalent) and data engineering skills
• Deep understanding of Machine Learning best practices (eg. training/serving skew minimization, A/B test, feature engineering, feature/model selection) and algorithms (eg. gradient boosted trees, neural networks/deep learning, optimization)
• Industry experience building end-to-end Machine Learning infrastructure and/or building and productionizing Machine Learning models

Responsibilities

• Work with large scale structured and unstructured data, build and continuously improve cutting edge Machine Learning models for Airbnb product, business and operational use cases
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners including software engineers, product managers, operations and data scientists, identify opportunities for business impact, understand, refine, and prioritize requirements for machine learning models, drive engineering decisions, and quantify impact
• Hands-on develop, productionize, and operate Machine Learning models and pipelines at scale, including both batch and real-time use cases
• Leverage third-party and in-house Machine Learning tools & infrastructure to develop reusable and high-performing Machine Learning systems

Preferred Qualifications

Hands on experience with advanced Machine Learning Techniques, including but not limited to reinforcement learning, deep learning, and large language models (LLM)

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits