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Research Scientist (L5) - Content Understanding

Netflix
Posted 2 months ago, valid for 24 days
Location

Sudbury, MA 01776, US

Salary

$466,000 - $750,000 per year

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Paid Time Off
Flexible Spending Account

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  • Netflix is seeking a Research Scientist for their Merchandising & Content Understanding pod, focusing on enhancing content metadata and improving discovery experiences.
  • Candidates should possess a Ph.D. or MS degree in a quantitative or computational field and have at least 4 years of full-time work experience in relevant machine-learning roles.
  • The role involves developing innovative machine learning models and collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate these models into operational workflows.
  • The compensation range for this position is between $466,000.00 and $750,000.00, depending on location and individual qualifications.
  • Netflix offers comprehensive benefits, including health plans, a 401(k) retirement plan, stock options, and flexible paid time off.

The goal of our Content Management & Distribution Data Science and Engineering team is to enable operational and creative excellence in the distribution and promotion of our content on our service. We collaborate closely with our partners in the Product Discovery & Promotion organization, and our work directly contributes to launching high-quality content on our service and helps our members discover content they will love. We conduct analyses, build analytical tools, and develop models to help our partners execute on these primary objectives. 

We are looking for a talented Research Scientist to join our Merchandising & Content Understanding pod, which focuses on deepening our content metadata across all formats and improving the discovery experience on our service. You will design and develop models and conduct quality evaluations for algorithms that will power the next generation of capabilities for our business. You will partner with our world-class team of creative production practitioners and various cross-functional teams to shape strategy and deliver impact via machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions. Interested? Read more about the job description and qualifications below!

What you will do:

  • Collaborate closely with stakeholders in Product Discovery & Promotion to learn deeply about content metadata and merchandising and identify potentially impactful problems to solve via scalable machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions

  • Develop innovative systems and models that empower decision-making for stakeholders and product features that can deliver member joy by leveraging a wide variety of metadata and production media generated by and collected from our productions throughout their end-to-end lifecycle

  • Collaborate with team members and cross-functional partners to operationalize your models so that they can be integrated seamlessly into operational workflows

  • Serve as a key thought partner for stakeholders, cross-functional partners, and our diverse set of team members regarding machine learning algorithms and system architectures

Your background and characteristics:

  • Ph.D. or MS degree in a quantitative or computational field 

  • 4+ years of full-time work experience in one or more relevant machine-learning roles

  • Practical experience in supervised, unsupervised, and deep machine learning methods

  • Practical experience applying machine learning and Gen AI solutions to video, audio, and/or textual data sources, and developing quality evaluations via mechanisms such as LLM-as-a-judge or LLM juries

  • Practical experience operationalizing or productionizing machine learning and/or artificial intelligence solutions

  • Comfortable and effective in ambiguous problem spaces; ability to own and drive projects with minimal oversight and process 

  • Exceptional written and oral communication with technical and non-technical audiences




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