Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Who you are

• Strong understanding of machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and LLMs/VLMs approaches and algorithms, and their applications to Trust and Safety, Content Moderation, and Content Quality domains
• Experience setting the direction for a team whose primary output is online machine learning models to proactively detect harmful content and bad actors, moderate content supply to promote healthy content ecosystem, and automate moderation tasks with high precision
• Ability to design, train, and optimize advanced machine learning models
• Excellent programming and software design skills
• Ability to proactively learn new concepts and technology and apply them at work
• Skilled at solving ambiguous problems and leading and executing complex technical initiatives
• Strong collaboration and mentorship skills
• Bachelor's in a technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience
• 9+ years of post-Bachelor’s machine learning experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad ML experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post-grad ML experience
• 2+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain-expert to a technical organization
• Experience developing and shipping performant and scalable machine learning models
• Experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch, or related deep learning frameworks
• Experience in online safety and integrity, including Trust and Safety, Content Moderation, and Content Quality
• Experience in developing multimodal models and LLMs/VLMs in harmful content detection, and utilizing the state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to detect bad actors with features such as social, time sequence, and user behavioral signals
• Advanced degree in a related field such as machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, or mathematics
• Experience partnering with cross-functional executives and management across a globally distributed organization and exercising sound judgment
• Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-site, multi-stakeholder environments
• Experience working with a diverse group of engineers
• Experience contributing to AI publications

What the job involves

• Design, implement, and scale critical machine learning models and systems to protect Snapchatters around global from harmful content and bad actors, promote a healthy content ecosystem through effective moderation, and ensure regulatory compliance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to set and align on machine learning strategies to meet company objectives
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technology in machine learning and apply this knowledge to tackle complex problems in innovative ways
• Collaborate with leadership to up-level the ML tech stack and improve the performance of the organization
• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products or services
• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
• Provide technical direction that influences the entire ML community

Benefits

• Up to 28 weeks of parental leave and return-to-work program
• Adoption, surrogacy, infertility, and fertility preservation benefits
• Backup child care coverage, center-based care support, & caregiver assistance
• Dependent Daycare Flexible Spending Account
• Short-term disability, long-term disability, basic life insurance, and AD&D insurance
• Services to support your path to parenthood & beyond - fertility support & family planning via Carrot, SNOO, Hinge Health
• Lactation rooms (based on office location) and breastmilk shipping coverage
• For Snap, employees taking care of loved ones with complex, chronic, or ongoing care needs (i.e. parent with Dementia, spouse with Cancer, child with Autism), your family can save time, money, & stress with Wellthy
• Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HDHP with HSA, and HMO options
• Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
• Vision coverage, including frame and contact allowance and LASIK benefits
• Free membership to One Medical for primary and urgent healthcare services
• Business Travel Insurance
• Gym perks and discounts
• Team fitness classes and races
• Sports leagues
• Cooking and nutritional workshops
• Well-being reimbursement
• Unlimited access to virtual physical therapy with Anthem
• 15 sessions per year of mental health for you + dependents through Lyra
• Generous time off and leave programs. In the US, this includes the following:
• Up to 3 weeks (120 hours) of vacation time and 1 floating holiday for non-exempt team members
• 12 paid holidays per year
• 15 sick and safe days per year
• Meditation and yoga classes
• Speaker series, classes, and subscriptions to educational programs
• Social gatherings, team outings, and volunteering programs
• Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega backdoor option!) Snap will also match 100% up to 3% of your contribution and then 50% on your 4th and 5th%
• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare, daycare and commuter
• Health Savings Account with employer contributions
• Rocket Lawyer memberships
• Financial education programs
• Snap exclusive discounts and perks
• Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!