Machine Learning Engineer

Emeryville, CA

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Nielsen

A global leader in audience insights, data and analytics, Nielsen shapes the future of media with accurate measurement of what people listen to and watch.

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Nielsen Media would not function without our Technology teams! We are catalysts for delivery quality, on-time, reliable measurements to clients, and we are cultivators, growing our employees through education, skill building and experiences. Around the globe, our Technology teams are relentless in our pursuit of superior analytics, technology, process and support.
Are you ready to revolutionize entertainment?If you want to learn how people discover video and media they like online then Nielsen and Gracenote is a place for you. Gracenote, a Nielsen Company is the leading provider of entertainment metadata and media recognition technology that powers discovery features and discover  the music, TV shows, movies and sports they love across the world’s most popular entertainment platforms and devices. We deliver mission critical data to help our clients grow their business with our extensive and quality data verified by real consumers.
We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer ​to work with the Video Machine Learning team to solve a number of cutting edge challenges in media and entertainment. Our products enable next-gen entertainment services, facilitating search, content recommendations, personalization, faceted navigation, rich media and more. Our analytics solutions provide high quality insights into audience behaviors and content performance to drive effective decision making for our global customers.

You will:

  • Analyze, design, develop, test, document and support highly advanced data science and machine learning projects.
  • Develop machine learning algorithms related to classification, clustering, regression and more.
  • Develop computer vision algorithms using features such as brightness, color, motion and blur.
  • Write Python code for machine learning algorithms using pandas, scikit-learn, Py Torch or Tensor Flow.
  • Set up infrastructure on AWS to deploy code in a production environment.
  • Review peers’ code and machine learning techniques.
  • Write up technical summary documents of the machine learning problem statement, techniques applied and challenges encountered.

Requirements:

  • At least one year of full time industry experience using machine learning to build maintainable solutions in a production environment using Python or a similar programming language.
  • Experience with using machine learning concepts including common families of models, feature engineering and selection, cross-validation and parameter tuning, common computer vision and deep learning algorithms and frameworks.
  • Experience with machine learning toolboxes such as scikit-learn and PyTorch.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within and across teams.
  • Bachelor's or graduate degree in a quantitative field (e.g. CS, math, physics, statistics, engineering).

Bonus:

  • Experience with tools for distributed computing (e.g. Spark, Elasticsearch)
  • Working knowledge of SQL
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure such as AWS
ABOUT NIELSENAs the arbiter of truth, Nielsen Global Media fuels the media industry with unbiased, reliable data about what people watch and listen to. To discover what’s true, we measure across all channels and platforms⁠—from podcasts to streaming TV to social media. And when companies and advertisers are armed with the truth, they have a deeper understanding of their audiences and can accelerate growth. Do you want to move the industry forward with Nielsen? Our people are the driving force. Your thoughts, ideas and expertise can propel us forward. Whether you have fresh thinking around maximizing a new technology or you see a gap in the market, we are here to listen and take action. Our team is made strong by a diversity of thoughts, experiences, skills, and backgrounds. You’ll enjoy working with smart, fun, curious colleagues, who are passionate about their work. Come be part of a team that motivates you to do your best work!  
Nielsen is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.
Job Type: Regular Primary Location:  Emeryville, CaliforniaSecondary Locations: , , , Travel:  No 
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Tags: AWS Classification Clustering Computer Vision Deep Learning Elasticsearch Engineering Feature engineering Machine Learning Mathematics Pandas Physics Python PyTorch Scikit-learn Spark SQL Statistics Streaming TensorFlow

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Regions: Remote/Anywhere North America
Country: United States
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