Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Yahoo News

$143,625 - $299,375/Yr

Yahoo Holdings - Champaign, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Champaign, IL

501-1,000 employees

About the position

Yahoo is seeking a skilled machine learning engineer to join our team focused on developing full-stack ranking, recommendation, and content understanding systems for Yahoo News. This role involves hands-on development and collaboration with cross-functional partners to enhance user experience and improve editorial tools. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in machine learning engineering, modeling, and data engineering, and will be passionate about delivering innovative solutions that engage our audience.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development of full-stack ranking, recommendation, and content understanding systems for Yahoo News.
• Leverage third-party, open-source, and in-house machine learning tools to build high-performing machine learning systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to leverage machine learning to improve Yahoo News for readers and build state-of-the-art tooling for the editorial team.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Industry experience in productionalizing batch and online machine learning models.
• Knowledge of workflow orchestration solutions and best practices for their use.
• Experience using and evaluating open-source and third-party MLOps solutions.
• Ability to formalize a product problem, run reproducible offline experiments, and analyze results.
• Strong written communication and data visualization skills.
• Experience with modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Jax.
• Understanding of the difference between research code and production code, and when each is appropriate.
• Strong working knowledge of data engineering best practices and data warehousing concepts.
• Familiarity with software engineering principles, design patterns, and code quality practices.
• Previous experience in Python and Java, Scala, or Go.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in customer-focused product development.
• Strong curiosity about system and model operations.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage
• 401K savings plan
• Company holidays
• Vacation and sick time
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program