Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Nextdoor is the essential neighborhood network connecting neighbors, public agencies, and businesses around local information. They are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join their team, focusing on building data-intensive products and machine learning models that enhance user experience on their platform.

Responsibilities

• You will be part of a scrappy and impactful team building data-intensive products, working with data and features, building machine learning models, and sharing insights around data and experiments. You will be working closely with the product team and the Data Science team on a daily basis. Finally, you will help build the foundational patterns that ML engineers will use for years to come as we ramp up our effort to introduce machine learning into our platform
• Collect and gather datasets to build machine learning (ML) models that make real-time decisions for the Nextdoor platform
• Analyze datasets and use important features to build low-latency models for decisions that need to be made quickly
• Deploy ML models into production environments and integrate them into the product
• Run and analyze live user-facing experiments to iterate on model quality by measuring the impact on business metrics
• Collaborate with other engineers and data scientists to create optimal experiences on the platform
• Participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team-building exercises
• Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Nextdoor’s company culture

Skills

• 4+ years of industry experience in applying machine learning at scale
• Experience with recommendation systems, deep learning models, feed/notification relevance, knowledge graphs, Ads, or NLP at scale is required
• Experience building ML models for consumer-facing products
• Proven engineering skills, with experience in writing and maintaining high-quality production code
• Ability to work with and analyze large amounts of data
• Ability to succeed in a dynamic startup environment
• Eagerness to explore and apply AI and emerging technologies to reimagine how work gets done
• B.S. in Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Computational Biology or a related field

Benefits

• We expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date.
• Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option
• We also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

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