Match Group

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Online Dating, BiotechnologyIndustries

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Position Overview

The Evergreen and Emerging (E&E) group, part of Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), is a leading online dating organization with a prestigious portfolio including OkCupid, Match.com, Meetic, and PlentyOfFish. We serve millions of daily active members globally and collaborate with other Match Group brands like Tinder and Hinge.

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will be an integral part of our ML/AI Squad. You will tackle strategic and challenging projects to help our E&E companies achieve their business objectives. Working collaboratively with Data Scientists, Data Engineers, BI specialists, Architects, and Product Managers, you will spearhead the development of next-generation agent-based solutions that will positively impact millions of users. You will also address complex challenges such as combating fraud, improving matching algorithms and search capabilities, and gaining a fundamental understanding of user satisfaction and success.

We believe in the power of collaboration, both in our digital platforms and in person. Our team works together in our Vancouver offices three days a week, fostering a dynamic and creative environment.

Responsibilities

  • Explore, design, and build AI prototypes capable of significantly altering our users’ experiences.
  • Collaborate closely with Data Scientists to build and deploy ML solutions/agents into production.
  • Test new algorithms, provide feedback on their performance, accuracy, and scalability, and suggest alternatives.
  • Write optimized, performant, scalable, testable, maintainable, and observable code.
  • Design scalable solutions for productionizing machine learning models.
  • Develop tools and pipelines for tracking models and experiments.
  • Design and implement data pipelines that ingest vast amounts of real-time data to power models and generate accurate results.
  • Manage the ML models/Agent lifecycle, including versioning, training, retraining, deploying, and monitoring.
  • Maintain and operate algorithms, code, and models in production, monitoring them for anomalies.
  • Research and investigate tools and technologies to accelerate building and releasing.
  • Establish best practices for the ML engineering functional role.
  • Evangelize a data-driven culture and participate in a highly collaborative environment, sharing your expertise.

Requirements

  • B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or a scientific discipline coupled with substantial engineering experience).
  • Minimum of 5+ years of post-graduation experience as a Machine Learning Engineer, Software Engineer with algorithm experience, Data Scientist, or similar.
  • Minimum of 3+ years of experience building and productionalizing agent-based solutions within a commercial application, collaborating with product owners, and deploying/operating LLM solutions to support business feature development.
  • Significant experience in cutting-edge deep learning techniques and associated tools (e.g., PyTorch/Tensorflow).
  • Excellent programming skills with a history of production deployment and a proven track record of scaling and productionizing machine learning solutions and models.
  • Solid understanding of mathematical modeling and statistics, including inference, Bayesian methods, graphical models, network theory, likelihood estimation, Monte-Carlo methods, and sampling theory.
  • Understanding of how to optimize machine learning models (e.g., parallelization, batching techniques).
  • Ability to rapidly acquire and adopt new knowledge and techniques, think creatively, and approach problems "outside the box."
  • Proficiency with standard SQL and relational databases.
  • Familiarity with Python and associated data science libraries.

Employment Type

  • Full-time

Location Type

  • [Information not provided]

Salary

  • [Information not provided]

Skills

Machine Learning
AI
Python
Data Science
Data Engineering
SQL
Algorithm Design
Model Deployment
Pipeline Development
Scalability
Performance Optimization

Match Group

Provides online dating and social discovery

About Match Group

Match Group leverages the Swipe feature® and social discovery, facilitating deeper connections through its portfolio of online dating brands, with a global presence and availability in over 40 languages.

Dallas, TexasHeadquarters
1986Year Founded
$400MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Consumer Software, Social ImpactIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
Charitable Matching Program
Retirement Matching Funds
Training and Education Allowance
Performance Bonuses
Mental Health Counseling

Risks

Increased competition from AI-driven dating apps may draw users away.
Privacy concerns and data breaches could impact reputation and operations.
Free dating apps with innovative features may pressure Match Group's pricing models.

Differentiation

Match Group offers nearly 50 brands catering to diverse dating communities.
The company generates revenue through subscription, transaction, and advertising models.
Match Group operates globally, available in over 200 countries and 40 languages.

Upsides

Increased interest in AI-driven matchmaking enhances user experience and engagement.
Growing trend of VR integration offers immersive dating experiences.
Rising demand for niche platforms caters to specific interests and communities.

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