Senior Manager, Machine Learning Engineering, Content Moderation & Understanding

$244,000 - $366,000/Yr

Snap Inc. - Palo Alto, CA

Full-time - Senior

Palo Alto, CA

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

The Senior Manager, Machine Learning Engineering at Snap Inc. will lead the Content Moderation and Understanding team, focusing on developing innovative solutions for content understanding and personalization. This role involves building a world-class content moderation system and leading the development of advanced machine learning models to enhance user experience across various content types. The position requires strong leadership skills to foster team growth and a positive culture while driving strategic goals and technical direction within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions to long-term challenges within content understanding and personalization
• Build a world-class content moderation system to prevent policy-violating views of content on Snapchat
• Lead the development of state-of-the-art cross-attention machine learning models
• Drive the team's strategy and goal setting related to project impact and system design
• Provide technical direction that influences the entire company
• Support the team, grow leaders, and foster a positive team culture

Requirements

• Bachelor's in a technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of experience
• 10+ years of machine learning experience in industry
• 4+ years experience managing ML teams focusing on content understanding, content moderation, personalization, or sequence learning
• In-depth understanding of common Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithms
• Strong understanding of ML approaches and algorithms, and their applications in recommendation systems
• Strong people leadership skills; ability to develop top engineering talent and leaders
• Ability to lead and execute large, complex technical initiatives

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced degree in computer science or related field
• Experience leading content understanding, content moderation, or personalization teams
• Previous experience partnering with cross-functional executives and management
• Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative environments
• Experience working with a diverse group of engineers

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage
• Emotional and mental health support programs
• Compensation packages including equity in the form of RSUs