Machine Learning Scientist, Algorithmic Recommendations (Email Targeting)
Core
Apply machine learning methods to optimize NYT's targeted email strategy, helping users discover relevant content across the website, apps, and emails.
Role type
Machine Learning Scientist (Algorithmic Recommendations)
Builds
Targeted email campaigns and content discovery systems for NYT readers
Domain
Media / Journalism / Recommendation Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning, Python, SQL, A/B testing, statistics, computational social science, applied mathematics, economics
Preferred skills
Email campaign optimization, recommendation systems, natural language processing, large language models, data product building
Technologies
Python, SQL, open source machine learning tools
Responsibilities
Reframe business and newsroom goals as machine learning tasks; implement and deploy ML research with robustness and reproducibility; learn and adapt new ML methods; deploy models behind production APIs or batch processes; collaborate with engineering, analytics, product, marketing, editorial, and leadership teams
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
