Staff ML Engineer - Recommender & Personalization (Remote)

Discord; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 272,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Discord is hiring a Staff Machine Learning Engineer for the Consumer Revenue ML team. You will lead ML initiatives across core revenue surfaces and drive production-ready models for ranking, targeting, and recommendations.

We value strong Python and ML framework skills, deep learning expertise, and an ability to operate in ambiguous environments. This role can be remote within the US, with Bay Area options for on-site.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of applied ML experience, with advanced degree.
• Expertise in deep learning and RecSys architectures (two-tower, transformers).
• Strong Python and ML framework proficiency.
• Track record of 0→1 ML systems deployed at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead ML initiatives across Shop, Nitro, Subscriptions, and Gifting.
• Translate experiments into roadmap decisions and product impact.
• Collaborate across teams to align stakeholders on technical direction.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Distributed training

Spark

Flink

Ray

Anyscale

Education

PhD or MS in CS/ML/AI

Tools

Chronon

Spark

Flink

Ray

Anyscale

Job description

Discord is hiring a Staff Machine Learning Engineer for the Consumer Revenue ML team. You will lead ML initiatives across core revenue surfaces and drive production-ready models for ranking, targeting, and recommendations.

We value strong Python and ML framework skills, deep learning expertise, and an ability to operate in ambiguous environments. This role can be remote within the US, with Bay Area options for on-site.