Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendations & Ranking Algorithms at Course Hero

Course Hero is scaling! We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendations & Ranking Algorithms who can hit the ground running and work on a lot of fun and challenging projects related to Search and Recommendations. 

You will be part of the Machine Learning (ML) Product Engineering group and will collaborate cross-functionally to build and ship ML products that are used by millions of Students and Educators. Products powered by ML are critical to Course Hero’s success, powering many aspects of our marketplace and supporting student-facing use-cases. 

We expect you to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, and adapt to ever-changing business needs. You can view these videos to learn more about our engineering culture, and our company mission.

Here are some ways you’ll make an impact 

• Be a self motivated, bold thinker, innovator and builder of scalable end-to-end ML systems and embrace full stack data science
• Build recommendation algorithms to help the students discover the right content across multiple content types including a large corpus of documents (>40M) and Q&A (>150M)
• Develop algorithms for predicting demand and personalizing search results
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product owners and UX designers to ideate, execute, and deliver compelling and personalized intelligent study experiences

Are you our next ML team member?

• 5+ years of industry experience in building Machine Learning algorithms and systems, with a focus on Discovery, Search and Recommendation systems
• 2+ years of experience using ML frameworks Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, or Tensorflow
• 3+ years of solid programming experience in Python or Scala
• Competence (minimum Bachelors) in computer science, mathematics or other quantitative disciplines

Bonus Points

• Experience in working with Spark, Hive
• Passionate about recommender systems, and are constantly learning as the field evolves
• Extremely passionate about education

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Full medical coverage (medical, dental, vision)
• 401(k) program with match
• Education Reimbursement
• Quarterly team events and outings (Sporting Events, Escape Rooms, Go-Kart Racing, Karaoke, Bowling and much more!)
• Free lunches twice a week, on-site cafe discount, plus an endless snack and drink supply
• Onsite gym – Pacific Shores Center – Classes – Pool – Spa – Rock Wall - Massages!
• Commuter benefits, shuttle service from Redwood City, and cell-phone allowance
• 10K Local move benefit to move within 10 miles of our office!
• 8 hours per quarter paid time for volunteering for a cause of your choiceFront row seat to Master Educator lectures – check out our Lecture Series videos