Lead Machine Learning Scientist, New AI Products and Platforms
The New York Times
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 166,000 - 205,000 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: phdSkills: ["Technical leadership","Cross-functional collaboration","Evaluation","Responsible AI judgment","Mentoring"]Provide technical leadership for a team building reader-facing AI experiences, focusing on embedding models and semantic retrieval algorithms. Design and train representation-learning embedding models (e.g., transformer encoders, Two Tower), and lead fine-tuning and evaluation of language models for custom use cases and content enrichment. Work with engineering teams to productionalize models and integrate ML/AI into user-facing products, define responsible AI evaluation practices, and scope/improve product initiatives.
