Senior Search Engineer - Retail
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Full Time
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Digital MediaIndustries
Requirements
- Expertise in machine learning, including training, evaluating, and deploying ML models (including generative models) using frameworks like AWS Sagemaker, Weights and Biases, and others
- Proficiency in languages such as Python, Golang, Scala, Ruby on Rails
- Experience with orchestration & pipelines: Airflow, Databricks, Spark
- Knowledge of ML & AI tools: Embedding-based Retrieval (Weaviate), Feature Store, Model Registry, Model Serving platforms, LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini)
- Familiarity with APIs & integration: HTTP APIs, gRPC
- Experience with infrastructure & cloud: AWS (Lambda, ECS, EKS, SQS, ElastiCache, CloudWatch), Datadog, Terraform
- Ability to lead complex, cross-team projects from conception to production
- Skills in driving technical direction for end-to-end, production-grade ML systems
- Experience developing and operating high-traffic services for content discovery
- Proficiency in running large-scale A/B and multivariate experiments
- Mentoring and establishing best practices for scalable, reliable ML systems
- GRIT: Ability to set and achieve Goals, achieve Results, contribute Innovative ideas, and positively influence the Team
Responsibilities
- Lead complex, cross-team projects from conception to production deployment
- Drive technical direction for end-to-end, production-grade ML systems for advanced search capabilities and document understanding
- Develop and operate services that power high-traffic pipelines for content discovery and knowledge synthesis
- Run large-scale A/B and multivariate experiments to validate models and feature improvements
- Mentor other engineers and establish best practices for building scalable, reliable ML systems
- Train, evaluate, and deploy ML models (including generative models) to production using Scribd’s internal platform and industry-standard frameworks
- Collaborate with engineering and analysts
Skills
Key technologies and capabilities for this role
Questions & Answers
Common questions about this position
What is the work arrangement or location policy for this role?
Scribd offers Scribd Flex, allowing employees to choose their daily work-style in partnership with their manager, balancing individual flexibility and community connections. Occasional in-person attendance is required for all employees to build collaboration, culture, and connection, regardless of location.
What does GRIT mean at Scribd and what qualities are they looking for?
GRIT stands for setting and achieving Goals, achieving Results within job responsibilities, contributing Innovative ideas and solutions, and positively influencing the broader Team through collaboration and attitude. Scribd hires for the intersection of passion and perseverance towards long-term goals.
What are the key responsibilities of the Senior Machine Learning Engineer role?
The role involves leading complex, cross-team projects from conception to production deployment and driving technical direction for end-to-end, production-grade ML systems for advanced search capabilities and document understanding. You'll also develop and operate services for high-traffic pipelines for content discovery.
What is the structure of the Search team at Scribd?
The Search team powers personalized discovery across Scribd’s products and consists of a blend of frontend, backend, and ML engineers who partner closely with product managers, data scientists, and analysts.
What makes a strong candidate for this Senior Machine Learning Engineer position?
Strong candidates demonstrate GRIT by setting and achieving goals, delivering results, contributing innovative ideas, and positively influencing the team. Experience leading end-to-end ML systems, from data ingestion to deployment and monitoring, for high-impact features serving millions of users is key.
Scribd
Digital library and e-book subscription service
About Scribd
Scribd is a digital library and e-book subscription service that provides users with access to a wide variety of reading materials, including e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and documents. Users pay a monthly subscription fee to enjoy unlimited access to this extensive library, which features bestsellers, classic literature, and academic papers. Scribd stands out from competitors like Amazon's Kindle Unlimited and Audible by offering a more diverse range of content types and a user-friendly interface that enhances the reading experience. Additionally, Scribd fosters community engagement through features like ScribdChat, allowing interaction between authors and readers, as well as curated reading lists that highlight relevant content. The company's goal is to serve a broad audience of readers, from casual readers to professionals, by providing a rich and varied digital content library.
San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2007Year Founded
$102.9MTotal Funding
LATE_VCCompany Stage
Consumer Software, EntertainmentIndustries
201-500Employees
Benefits
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - A robust Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program that includes company-wide training, equitable hiring best practices, Employee Resource Groups, and company-wide goals.
Scribd flex - We embrace flexibility as a key principle and will allow employees, in partnership with their manager, to choose the workstyle that best suits their individual needs and preferences.
Health, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability - We offer comprehensive healthcare plans and cover premiums for employees at 100%. PPO, HMO, and High Deductible Health Plans are available so you can choose whichever coverage supports your lifestyle best.
Matching 401(k) - Easily save for retirement with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of up to 3% company match with no waiting period.
Paid Time Off - A generous paid time off program that includes vacation time, personal days, sabbaticals, volunteer time, winter break, sick time, and more.
Paid parental leave - We provide paid time away from work for our new biological, adoptive, or foster parents.
Wellbeing - Resources, workshops & events to support your wellbeing journey: Mind, Body & Soul.
Curated Career Paths and Continuous Learning - The power to explore career paths & possibilities, and the tools to support your growth. From continuing education, degrees, or certifications, we support our employee’s career journeys.
Risks
Credit-based model may alienate users preferring unlimited access.
Spotify's competitive pricing could draw subscribers away from Scribd.
New CEO may disrupt Scribd's current business model and market position.
Differentiation
Scribd offers a diverse range of content types beyond just e-books.
The platform includes features like ScribdChat for author-reader interaction.
Scribd's user-friendly interface enhances the overall reading experience.
Upsides
Tony Grimminck's appointment as CEO suggests potential strategic expansions.
The credit-based model could attract users seeking flexible content access.
Growing audiobook demand presents a market opportunity for Scribd.
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