Senior ML Engineer – AI/NLP, Scalable Solutions | Hybrid

Yahoo; United States; Hybrid; USD 128,250 - 266,875; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k)

Backup childcare

Education stipends

Job summary

Yahoo Research is at the forefront of developing intuitive, intelligent, and forward‑looking products across our brand portfolio. We hire world‑class engineers to support our ambitious product and platform goals, integrating new technology and expanding our infrastructure.

This role demands strategic partnership, analytical thinking, exceptional planning and execution skills, ambitious innovation, and a commitment to implement durable solutions quickly.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of track record driving impact in ML/AI or related field.
• Master's degree or Ph.D. in CS, EE, Statistics, Applied Math, or related discipline; or equivalent experience.
• Expertise in AI, machine learning, deep learning and natural language processing; Java and Python proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Understand technical challenges and map problems from first principles to ML paradigms.
• Discuss technical ideas cross-functionally with strong communication.
• Define technical requirements: data collection, evaluation, production serving strategy.
• Design and implement ML-based solutions and systems that scale and evolve.
• Analyze data and identify patterns to inform development.
• Produce technical reports for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stay updated on trends in LLMs, vision models, and generative AI.

Skills

AI/ML/NLP

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in CS/EE/Statistics/Applied Math or related

Tools

Java

Python

Job description

Yahoo Research is at the forefront of developing intuitive, intelligent, and forward‑looking products across our brand portfolio. We hire world‑class engineers to support our ambitious product and platform goals, integrating new technology and expanding our infrastructure.

This role demands strategic partnership, analytical thinking, exceptional planning and execution skills, ambitious innovation, and a commitment to implement durable solutions quickly.