Lead Machine Learning Engineer

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Lead Machine Learning Engineer
Responsible for Develop ML based solutions that aid in the curation and augmentation of one of the largest international entertainment data sets in the world.

Required:

• Proven track record of building modern Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing based solutions.
• Proficiency with at least one common Deep Learning framework (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow).
• Proficiency in Python and a data query language (e.g. SQL)Proven track record of writing understandable, maintainable and testable code.
• Experience with standard software development best practices such as unit testing, code reviews, and version control.
• Experience or strong interest working with cloud computing (preferably AWS).
• Strong problem solving skills and the ability to work independently or collaboratively as required.
• Willingness to work in a fully remote position as part of a distributed team.
• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, statistics, machine learning or related field

Desired:

• An advanced degree (MS or PhD) in computer science, artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, statistics, machine learning or related field.
• Experience working on LLM based Text Generation problems.
• Experience working on multilingual problems.
• Experience merging and deduplicating large datasets.
• Experience building internal review/labeling tools.
• Proficiency in Spark using PySpark or Scala

Nielsen: Enabling your best to power a better media future. Our comprehensive benefits package (including health & wellness plans for full-time employees, 401(k) retirement coupled with a Nielsen match, a generous paid time off policy, and if eligible, a discretionary incentive/bonus) is designed to be inclusive for all employees and families, and we take pride in ensuring that employees are rewarded holistically for the role they are doing and their performance. 
A reasonable estimate of salary range for a new employee to be offered this role would be between $66,000-$225,000 which would be adjusted based on each employee's geographic location.  The position of each employee within a compensation range at Nielsen is dependent on several individual circumstances, such as experience, training, certifications and other business requirements/needs
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