Senior Staff AI Engineer, AI Algorithm Foundation Team

Senior Staff AI Engineer - AI Algorithm Foundation Team

Company Overview :

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to help members of all backgrounds and experiences achieve more in their careers.

Our vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Every day our members use our products to make connections, discover opportunities, build skills and gain insights.

We believe amazing things happen when we work together in an environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging, and that what matters most in a candidate is having the skills needed to succeed.

It inspires us to invest in our talent and support career growth. Join us to challenge yourself with work that matters.

Team Overview :

LinkedIn’s Core AI team stands as the innovation epicenter, addressing the fundamental AI challenges and serving as the force behind LinkedIn's next-generation AI-driven member experiences and solutions.

On the AI Algorithm Foundation team, we aspire to tackle various foundational challenges in AI algorithms across all of LinkedIn.

The team collaborates with partner teams to develop state-of-the-art AI technologies and systems to advance our algorithms, ultimately improving product performance and member experience.

Location :

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.

This role will be based in Sunnyvale, CA.

Responsibilities :

• Work with large-scale data to build systems which will leverage and support new AI techniques for multi-task learning, transfer learning, content understanding, deep learning, entity embedding and algorithms to optimize member experience.
• Provide technical leadership to junior engineers and collaborator orgs, drive and perform best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross-functional critical projects.
• Hold the team to a high ML craftsmanship bar and actively reduce ML tech debt, designing systems that scale with algorithms and with time, and improve engineering productivity.
• Partner with data science & analytics teams, product & infrastructure teams to build new innovative ideas to improve member experience.
• Bring together industry research and develop opportunities to contribute back to industry research

Basic Qualifications :

• 2+ years in a Technical Leadership position such as an Architect, Staff, Principal, or Lead Engineer.
• 5+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
• 5+ years experience programming languages such as Java and / or Python
• BA / BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with Machine Learning or Recommendation Systems

Preferred Qualifications :

• 10+ years of experience, including extensive work with leading solutions related to AI / Machine Learning and Generative / Transformer Models
• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics or related fields
• Background in one or more of the following areas : deep learning, knowledge graph, information retrieval, natural language processing, optimization, image / text generation
• Experience applying AI models and systems to a large operations-heavy business
• Demonstrated ability to work with peers in engineering across teams to set technical directions
• Track record of producing research papers and / or earning patents

Suggested Skills :

• Deep learning models and transformers
• Machine Learning
• Recommendation systems

You will Benefit from our Culture :

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels.

Compensation :

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $233,000 - $315,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.

This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and / or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

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