Principal ML Engineer, Search & Discovery Leader

Aimlroles; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 209,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life insurance

AD&D insurance

401K Plan with Company Match

Paid time off (PTO)

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Coupang is seeking a Principal Machine Learning Engineer for Search to advance product search and discovery quality. You will lead expert-level work in information retrieval, recommender systems, ML, DL or NLP. The role demands pragmatic leadership and a track record of delivering impactful projects.

You will mentor teams, implement scalable ML solutions, and run AB tests across large-scale data deployments in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in related fields including Search, Information Retrieval, RecSys, ML, DL or NLP.
• Proficient coding skills in Java, C++ or Python.
• Problem solver, Pragmatic and Open-minded.
• Master Degree in Computer Science or related fields.
• Experience with handling large data volumes in a distributed environment.

Responsibilities

• Root causes the bottleneck of the current search and recommendation systems and quantifies the defects.
• Propose solutions which address the search and discovery defects and leverage state-of-the-art technologies, including ML, DL and large language model.
• Implement the solutions and conduct AB tests.
• Be a thought leader and able to gain consensus in the organization when needed.
• Example projects include personalization ranking model integration, personalized retrieval, and recommendation models for Discovery interfaces.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Information Retrieval

Distributed systems

NLP

Education

Master Degree in Computer Science or related fields

PhD in Computer Science or related Engineering majors

Job description

Coupang is seeking a Principal Machine Learning Engineer for Search to advance product search and discovery quality. You will lead expert-level work in information retrieval, recommender systems, ML, DL or NLP. The role demands pragmatic leadership and a track record of delivering impactful projects.

You will mentor teams, implement scalable ML solutions, and run AB tests across large-scale data deployments in a fast-paced environment.