Software Engineer, Machine Learning 1649 views

At Lyft, community is what they are and it’s what they do. It’s what makes them different. To create the best ride for all, they start in our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization where all team members are recognized for what they bring.

With over half a billion rides and counting, Lyft is solving hard problems in a rapidly growing domain with a lot of data and creative solutions in Marketplace, Mapping, Fraud, Growth and beyond. While traditional approaches to optimization and problem decomposition are sufficient to disrupt transportation, building next-generation platform for low-cost, ultra-immersive transportation to improve people’s lives warrants modern ML utilizing peta-byte scale data. Their highly motivated Machine Learning Engineers work on these challenging problems and define solutions to directly impact various aspects of their core business.

If you are a critical thinker with experience in machine learning workflows, passionate about solving business problems using data and working in a dynamic, creative, and collaborative environment, they are searching for you.

Responsibilities

• • Design, build, train and test Machine Learning models
  • Write production-level code to convert your ML models into working pipelines
  • Work closely with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and fellow ML Engineers to frame Machine Learning problems within the business context
  • Analyze experimental and observational data, communicate findings, and facilitate launch decisions
  • Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge

Experience & Skills

• • B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical field
  • 5+ years (or Ph.D. with 2+ years) of industry or research experience developing ML models
  • Deep knowledge of ML libraries like scikit-learn, Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, MXNet, etc
  • Proven ability to quickly and effectively turn research ML papers into working code
  • Practical knowledge of how to build efficient end-to-end ML workflows
  • “Engineer at heart” with a high degree of comfort in designing software systems and producing high-quality code
  • Strong oral and written interpersonal skills

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