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Machine Learning Scientist 6 - Ads Member Understanding

USA - Remote💼 Full-time💰 $600,000–$600,000🗓 2026-06-10 → 2026-09-20

Core

Lead user understanding charter using multimodal signals and LLMs to build a foundation for ad targeting, ranking, and bidding.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning scientist (user modeling & strategy)

Builds

User-understanding foundation, embeddings, representation learning, identity resolution systems

Domain

Streaming media advertising, machine learning, data strategy

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLM application for user modeling, multimodal signal processing, representation learning, identity resolution, Python/Scala/Java, large-scale model deployment, technical direction setting

Preferred skills

1P/3P data strategy influence, privacy-aware data usage, identity/targeting infrastructure, vertical/xfn technical lead experience

Technologies

LLMs, Python, Scala, Java

Responsibilities

Set technical direction for user understanding leveraging multimodal signals; Shape and land Netflix's data strategy for a fast-growing team; Partner with ranking, bidding & pacing teams to integrate user-understanding signals; Build rigorous online and offline evaluation frameworks; Communicate technical strategy and results to technical and non-technical audiences

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with staff/senior-staff-level scope

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