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Machine Learning Engineer, Video

NxT Level
Full-time
On-site
New York, New York, United States
$140,000 - $275,000 USD yearly

About our Client:

Our client is one of the most popular platforms to record gaming clips and videos. They have made building community through the power of gaming clips and videos easier than ever. With just one button press, you'll have your clips in the cloud for free, effortlessly syncing across mobile and PC.

About the position:

We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to work on their video stream team to improve the ML models. We are looking for an engineer that’s passionate about working in a startup environment that thrives on innovation and collaboration in New York City.

You'll be working with a talented team of engineers with a history of working with large-scale applications. Your work will be used by millions of people around the world and help create new experiences for the next generation of gamers. You will be helping us scale the platform to 100+ million users by building high-quality features that our creators love.

What are the core responsibilities?

  • Responsible for embeddings in a massive database with billions of video game clips that need to be contextualized. 

  • Responsible for augmenting the embeddings by automating annotations and computer vision (CV) to support and create high quality context around the clips that are being created every single day.

  • Build and deploy robust ML systems for personalized recommendation experiences

  • Design & deliver new recommendation features & products to satisfy customer needs & drive growth in an efficient manner

  • Improve user experience and grow the community with new recommendation features and techniques

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop analytical dashboards that describe and reflect the impact of recommendations

What are some of the requirements?

  • 3+ years of video machine-learning, with a focus on image embedding and computer vision. 
  • Experience using ML and data science to build high-performant real-time recommender systems

  • Excel at Python and ML/DL frameworks

  • Ability to manage under ambiguity, balancing multiple work-streams and priorities

  • Willingness to be available outside of regular work hours for dealing with significant issues and ability to act proactively to resolve technical problems

  • Ability to thrive under pressure and “do anything it takes” attitude

  • A passion for games and the gaming communities, and a user of Discord and other gaming-adjacent products.

What will earn you brownie points?

  • Bonus for applicants who have XP in generative AI, familiarity with high throughput video inference/feature extraction
  • XP working on gaming-related projects is a plus

Our client's ML technology Stack: GCP, Bigquery, OpenCV, PyTorch, KubeFlow Pipelines, Airflow

Their infrastructure technology stack includes: Terraform, Salt, GitHub Actions, CircleCI for IaC and CI/CD

$140,000 - $275,000 a year

The pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $140,000 and $275,000 per year. However, base pay may vary further depending on individualized factors for candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Moreover, stock options will be issued. Our packages are strong for top-tier talent. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.