Director, Content ML & Personalization

Snapchat, Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 284,000 - 500,000; Full time

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Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking a Director of Content Machine Learning Engineering to lead the ML strategy for recommendations, content understanding, and optimization across Stories and Spotlight. You will manage managers and senior engineers to align investments with business outcomes.

You will drive multi-office collaboration (Seattle, LA, SF, Palo Alto, NY), shape roadmaps, and deliver scalable, reliable ML systems while mentoring leaders and raising the bar on operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience post-Bachelor's
• 5+ years of experience leading a large team at scale
• Experience working with ML, AI, and ranking systems
• Experience working in multi-site, multi-stakeholder environments

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of the Content ML teams across multiple offices
• Develop organizational goals and drive the technical and organizational roadmap
• Collaborate with Executives, Finance, Product, and Engineering to deliver high-quality product
• Mentor engineering managers, directors, and senior ICs to achieve excellence and impact

Skills

Leadership

Machine Learning

Ranking systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS

Tools

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking a Director of Content Machine Learning Engineering to lead the ML strategy for recommendations, content understanding, and optimization across Stories and Spotlight. You will manage managers and senior engineers to align investments with business outcomes.

You will drive multi-office collaboration (Seattle, LA, SF, Palo Alto, NY), shape roadmaps, and deliver scalable, reliable ML systems while mentoring leaders and raising the bar on operational excellence.