Discord
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Safety)
San Francisco Bay Area · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- This role reports to the Senior Manager of Machine Learning, Safety.
- Our salary ranges are determined by role and level.
- Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Responsibilities
- Build, iterate on, and evaluate models that detect risk and anomalous behavior
- Work with product, engineering, legal, and Trust and Safety partners to deliver effective ML solutions
- Work with partner teams in Trust & Safety to curate golden label sets at scale and improve data labeling techniques for model training
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in ML engineering or applied ML roles.
- We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.
Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $220,000 to $275,000 + equity + benefits.
- Our salary ranges are determined by role and level.
- Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
Benefits
- Analyze data to identify risk patterns and inform the design of machine learning models
- Document modeling approaches and systems, and apply current machine learning best practices
- Experience building performant machine learning systems at scale and have driven the execution of projects from ideation to production.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related field (Physics, Math, Operations Research, etc.
Company info
- Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.
- We are seeking an experienced Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our Safety ML team.
- We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses.
- Join us in our mission!
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