Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ai Personalization

Block

San Francisco, CA, United States
Zone a: $228,700 - $343,100; zone b: $217,300 - $3...
On-site
10+ years building quality software
5+ years in recommender or ranking systems
Led complex model development on large datasets
The role focuses on leveraging Large Language Models as the orchestration layer to deliver low-latency, large-scale personalization

Job Summary

  • The role focuses on leveraging Large Language Models as the orchestration layer to deliver low-latency, large-scale personalization.
  • Candidates will lead strategic initiatives in AI Personalization while developing and deploying new models for search and recommendations.
  • Block invests heavily in agentic engineering and AI-assisted tooling to enable high-velocity, reliable development workflows.

Matching Summary

The role focuses on leveraging Large Language Models as the orchestration layer to deliver low-latency, large-scale personalization.

Salary

Zone A: $228,700 - $343,100; Zone B: $217,300 - $325,900; Zone C: $205,900 - $308,900; Zone D: $194,500 - $291,700

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 10+ years building quality software
  • 5+ years in recommender or ranking systems
  • Led complex model development on large datasets
  • Strong software engineering skills
  • Experience with PyTorch and PySpark

Nice-to-have

  • Customer empathy and communication skills
  • Experience with Databricks and AWS
  • Knowledge of AutoResearch techniques
  • Agentic engineering expertise
  • Cross-functional collaboration experience

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years of software building and operations experience
  • 5+ years domain expertise in recommender or ranking systems
  • Proven track record leading complex model development
  • Strong software engineering proficiency
  • Excellent communication and customer empathy

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