Data Science Technical Fellow

Our Mission
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Day to Day
At Indeed, our mission is to Help People Get Jobs and we are thrilled to be hiring a Data Science Technical Fellow to help drive Indeed’s vision of becoming an AI-powered jobs-matching marketplace. This role is in Indeed’s Job Seeker organization where you will help shape and execute Indeed’s AI strategy for matching the world’s Job Seekers to relevant Jobs. As a two-sided marketplace dedicated to hiring, Indeed’s machine learning systems represent a unique opportunity to shape the future of this space.
As a Data Science Fellow for the Job Seeker Matching team, your technical leadership will play an integral role in accelerating improvements to our core search and recommendations platforms. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with smart, caring, and inclusive co-workers, including Product Managers, Software Engineers, User Experience, and, of course, your fellow Scientists. You’ll be working across our retrieval, ranking, metadata, resume, and machine learning platform teams. If you love learning about a variety of different machine learning systems, identifying areas for improvement, and leading across teams to deliver on your vision, then this is a great role for you.
With tens of millions of daily users, you’ll be able to see the impact of your work every day. So if you’re a data scientist who is passionate about driving innovation that helps people get jobs, we want you to apply!
You will be able to work from anywhere within the United States for this role.
Responsibilities
• Identify, architect, and drive innovative machine learning solutions across the Indeed platform spanning multiple teams and organizations
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to clarify requirements and plan large-scale projects
• Partner with senior leadership to develop and influence our long-term technical strategy
• Guide and influence people at all levels of the company in delivering significant initiatives
• Share expertise and mentor up-and-coming data science and engineering leaders
• Propose and own initiatives that improve the efficiency and productivity of the data science organization
• Leverage hands-on machine learning engineering experience to dive into code and help deliver on projects as needed
• Educate fellow Indeedians on data science and machine learning engineering best practices and help bring others along with you
• Foster external partnerships, stay updated with industry trends and ensure our data practices remain at the forefront of technological advancements.
• Engage with senior leadership to advocate an Artificial Intelligence (AI) first culture, driving key data initiatives and strategies across the broader organization.
• Ensure data privacy, security, and ethical considerations in all data initiatives.
Skills/Competencies
• 8+ years of experience autonomously building, maintaining, and growing large-scale Internet machine-learning capabilities
• Experience leading through influence and delivering predictable results in complex organizations
• Experience communicating and influencing product, technical, and business direction across all levels of a large organization, ability to translate product direction into machine learning architecture and strategy
• Effective and inclusive verbal and written communication to a variety of different audiences
• Experience coding in Java, C, C++, or Go in backend development; Tensorflow, PyTorch, Sagemaker, or equivalent ML Platforms for model development; and Python or R for data analytics
• Experience with SQL Databases such as Presto, AWS Athena, Postgres, BiqQuery, or equivalent
• A Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
Salary Range Transparency
United States - Remote - $214,000-310,000 USD per year
Austin Metro Area - $214,000-310,000 USD per year
Seattle Metro Area - $241,000-349,000 USD per year
New York Metro Area - $240,000-348,000 USD per year
San Francisco Metro Area - $253,000-367,000 USD per year
Salary Range Disclaimer
The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Indeed salary range for this position in the given work location. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range(s) listed is just one component of Indeed's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include quarterly bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), a Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits.
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Reference ID: 43303
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $214,000.00 - $310,000.00 per year
Benefits:
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance
Compensation package:
• Performance bonus
• Quarterly bonus
• RSU
• Signing bonus
Experience level:
• 8 years

Schedule:
• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Application Question(s):
• How did you hear about this role?
• Are you authorized to work in United States?
• How many years of experience do you have serving ML models in production at scale (millions of users)? Can you provide a brief estimate of volume?
• How many years of experience do you have working with recommendation systems? Have you worked with Deep Learning models for recommender systems?
• Do you have experience working with LLMs in production? Have you deployed any of the generative LLMs in production?
• Are you a current or former Indeed employee?

Work Location: Remote

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