Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
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$ 200000 - 250000
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Job Description
Everyone is welcome at Handshake. We know diverse teams build better products and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We strongly encourage candidates from nontraditional backgrounds historically marginalized or underrepresented groups to apply.
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Your impact
Handshake is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer for the Growth Relevance team. AI is transforming how students navigate their careers and were committed to providing innovative responsible AIpowered solutions that guide students from educational aspirations to meaningful career opportunities. In this role you will contribute directly to this mission by developing deploying and enhancing machine learning systems focused on lifecycle optimization personalized notifications and monetization strategies.
Youll join a highimpact team leveraging cuttingedge ML infrastructure including embeddingbased retrieval Graph Neural Networks and multistage rankers built upon a robust data platform with billions of data points. Your work will drive critical marketplace metrics enhance user engagement and contribute to responsible AI practices around explainability fairness and quality.
Your role
- Technical Leader: Youll drive technical solutions elevate engineering practices collaborate across teams and mentor colleagues to deliver impactful MLdriven products.
- Innovator: Develop and optimize machine learning models and systems that directly influence user experience across lifecycle notifications and monetization.
- Collaborator: Partner closely with product managers data scientists and engineers to design execute and iterate on MLdriven user experiences and experiments providing key insights to inform strategic product decisions.
Youll work with these technologies
- For technical roles only
Your experience
- You are a handson ML engineer with a proven track record in identifying complex problems crafting thoughtful technical solutions and executing projects from conception to deployment. You balance technical expertise with strong collaboration skills possess a relentless focus on user outcomes and thrive in ambiguity making informed datadriven decisions.
- 3 years of industry experience building and deploying production ML systems.
Bonus areas of expertise
- Handson experience developing deploying and optimizing webscale ML systems.
- Experience with ML lifecycle management personalization systems notification optimization and/or monetizationdriven algorithms.
- Background in one or more ML areas: recommendations personalization NLP deep learning LLM integration or explainable AI.
- Familiarity building scalable ML applications using cloud infrastructure (GCP AWS Azure).
Compensation range
$200000$250000
For cash compensation we set standard ranges for all roles based on function level and geographic location benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
About us
Handshake is the career platform for Gen Z. With a community of over 17 million students alumni employers and career educators Handshakes network is where career advice and discovery turn into first second and third jobs. Nearly 1 million companies use Handshake to build their future workforcefrom Fortune 500 to federal agencies school districts to startups healthcare systems to small businesses. Handshake is built for where youre going not where youve been.
When it comes to our workforce strategy weve thought deeply about how worklife should look at Handshake. With our hybridwork model employees benefit from collaboration and shared team experiences three days per week in our vibrant offices and enjoy the flexibility of remote work two days per week (unless noted in the specific job posting). Handshake is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York London and Berlin.
What we offer
At Handshake well give you the tools to feel healthy happy and secure.
Benefits below apply to US employees in fulltime positions.
- Equity and ownership in a fastgrowing company.
- 16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for nonbirth giving parents.
- Comprehensive medical dental and vision policies including LGTBQ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support.
- Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2000 stipend for you to grow your skills and career.
- Financial coaching through Origin to help you through your financial journey.
- Monthly internet stipend and a brand new MacBook to allow you to do your best work.
- Monthly commuter stipend for you to expense your travel to the office (for officebased employees).
- Free lunch provided 3x a week across all offices.
- Referral bonus to reward you when you bring great talent to Handshake.
- 401k Match: Handshake offers a dollarfordollar match on 1 of deferred salary up to a maximum of $1200 per year.
- All fulltime USbased Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. In addition we offer 13 standardized holidays and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off. Lastly we have a Winter #ShakeBreak a oneweek period of Collective Time Off.
- Handshake offers $500 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home.
- Family support: Parental leave coaching and support provided by Parentaly. We partner with Maven Clinic to provide a lifetime coverage up to $15K for expenses related to fertility and family forming!
- Lifestyle Savings Account: We offer you an annual stipend of $500 to use for purchases such as fitness classes gym memberships workfromhome setup and more.
Looking for more Explore our mission values and comprehensive US benefits at is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or reasonable accommodation please let your recruiter know during initial communications.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
