CareerPlan

AI Research Scientist 4/5 - Generative Models, Recommender Systems

Remote, United StatesFull-time$300k–$537k2026-10-08 → 2026-11-09

Core

Design and develop innovative Machine Learning solutions to define algorithmic strategies for promoting titles and enhancing content discovery on Netflix.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning scientist (generative models & recommender systems)

Builds

Promotional assets and content discovery experiences for Netflix members

Domain

Streaming entertainment, Natural Language Processing, Generative AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLM and generative model research, Natural Language Processing/Understanding and Generation, LLM post-training approaches, recommendation systems, model training, evaluation

Preferred skills

summarization quality, LLM-based evaluators, vision models (diffusion models), member-facing optimization systems

Technologies

LLMs, generative models, diffusion models

Responsibilities

Track advancements in LLM and generative model research and translate them into concrete opportunities; Apply state-of-the-art techniques to high-impact problems like summarization quality and building LLM-based evaluators; Lead end-to-end ML development including research, model training, and evaluation; Optimize generated content for member impact by treating content generation and audience targeting as coupled problems; Partner with ML scientists and engineers to integrate models into business applications; Act as a subject matter expert to identify high-impact opportunities and execute roadmaps

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC