About BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed is the world’s leading tech-powered, diversified media company that reaches hundreds of millions of people globally through its cross-platform news and entertainment network.
We produce articles, lists, quizzes, videos, and original series; lifestyle content through brands including Tasty, the world’s largest social food network; original reporting and investigative journalism through BuzzFeed News and HuffPost; an industry-leading affiliate business, strategic partnerships, licensing and product development through BuzzFeed Commerce; and original productions across broadcast, cable, SVOD, film and digital platforms for BuzzFeed Studios.
What You Will Do
- You will code in Python, Tensorflow, Keras, SQL and maybe Go using industry leading ML development tools built on top of Google Vertex AI and AWS SageMaker.
- You will conduct comprehensive studies of BuzzFeed’s current approach to Recommender Systems to identify opportunities, gaps and areas of ML investment.
- You will partner with senior engineering, product and data leadership to strategize and develop ML architectures and research roadmaps.
- You will lead a group of 3-5 ML scientists and engineers and engage Product Managers and Product Engineers to create ML roadmaps that grow the product/business.
- You will contribute and shape the ML infrastructure to support your vision and execution needs.
Part of what makes BuzzFeed a pioneer in digital media is our commitment to exploring new ventures that lead to spreading truth and joy.
As such, you may be asked to share your knowledge with your colleagues through presentations or trainings, to screen and interview job candidates, or to take part in recruitment or networking events on behalf of the company.
Who You Are
- You are entrepreneurial, inventive but pragmatic to iteratively research and implement algorithmic solutions to challenging business and industry-wide problems.
- You have 1+ years of experience leading initiatives, people and strategy either as a tech lead, intern manager, research manager in industry or academia.
- You have 4+ years of research and/or industry background in areas of Machine Learning, NLP, Computer Vision, Recommendation Systems and/or Computational Sciences.
- You want to build Personalization and Recommendation Systems for high data velocity consumer scale.
- You enjoy mentoring Data Scientists through a complex technical and organizational landscape.
- You will partner with non-technical stakeholders, identifying needs, quickly establishing relationships and delivering ML-driven solutions with agility.
- You enjoy the scientific processes of experimentation design, offline/online evaluation and experimentation error analysis.
FYI — job descriptions are not a one size fits all, just because you don’t meet every requirement doesn’t mean we don’t want to hear from you.
If you think you’d be a good fit for the job anyway, use your application to show us why!
Life at BuzzFeed
At BuzzFeed, we believe our work benefits from the diverse perspectives of our employees.
As such, BuzzFeed celebrates inclusion and is committed to equal opportunity employment.
At BuzzFeed, you can expect:
- A supportive, inclusive atmosphere on a team that values your contributions
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth through work experience, offerings from our in-house Learning @ BuzzFeed team, our Employee Resource Groups, and more
- An attractive and equitable compensation package, including salary and stock options
A generous benefits program featuring PTO, unlimited sick time, comprehensive medical benefits, a family leave policy, access to mental health platforms, retirement plans, gym and wellness discounts, and much more.
BuzzFeed is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.
At BuzzFeed, we want all employees to feel safe and comfortable when they engage in any in-person meetings, when visiting the office, or when working from an offsite production or meeting location.
As part of this commitment to health and safety, BuzzFeed requires COVID-19 vaccines for current U.S.
employees, including all newly hired employees.
Requests for accommodation per applicable law for health and/or religious reasons will be considered.
Union employees are subject to what is outlined in their applicable collective bargaining agreement.
More Information on BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed operates in the Digital Media industry.
The company is located in New York, NY.
BuzzFeed was founded in 2006.
It has 1789 total employees.
It offers perks and benefits such as Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Disability Insurance, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Health Insurance Benefits and Life Insurance.
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