What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Staff ML Scientist, Personalization & AI position at Glassdoor?
Why Glassdoor?
When you work for Glassdoor, you help people everywhere get ahead in work and life. That's because we're moving fast to become the leading community for workplace conversations. Every day, we foster radical transparency by giving professionals a platform to connect authentically and anonymously. Think real talk with real people - plus company reviews and ratings, salary info, job listings and more.
Join us as we make worklife better, together.
About the Role
We're in a high-growth stage for our Machine Learning (ML) capabilities, focusing on high-impact innovation rather than incremental improvements. Join us as a Tech Lead - Personalization to shape the future of personalized experiences for millions of professionals and job seekers worldwide.
As the Tech Lead for Personalization, you'll be the most senior individual contributor (IC) on our ML Science team, responsible for defining and driving the personalization roadmap at Glassdoor. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role where your work will directly influence our mission to make worklife better, together.
You'll focus on increasing active users, boosting community engagement, and improving retention. Leveraging your deep expertise in large-scale recommender systems, you'll design solutions that prioritize meaningful, positive engagement over addictive behaviors. You'll also play a key role in exploring how Generative AI can add value, supporting professionals throughout their worklife.
What You'll Do
- Lead the design and implementation of personalized recommender systems at scale, delivering measurable improvements to user engagement and retention.
- Define and execute the personalization roadmap, aligning with Glassdoor's mission and goals.
- Bring expertise in Generative AI to drive innovative solutions that enhance the user experience in ethical and impactful ways.
- Mentor and guide ML scientists and engineers, fostering a culture of rapid prototyping, cutting-edge research, and results-driven innovation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Engineering, and Data Science, to create a seamless and engaging user experience.
- Stay abreast of advancements in ML, recommender systems, and Generative AI, and advocate for their strategic adoption.
What You'll Bring
Compensation and Benefits
Base salary range
Annual Bonus Target
Generous Restricted Stock Units (RSU) :
You can learn more about our compensation philosophy here and see salary ranges for all Glassdoor jobs here.
Health and Wellness : 100% employer-paid premiums for employee medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability, select well-being programs, along with 80% employer-paid premiums for all dependents.
Coverage begins at the start of employment. After 48 months of continuous employment, 100% of all premiums for you and your dependents can be employer-paid!
Work / Life Balance : Open Paid Time Off policy, in addition to 15-20 paid company holidays / year
Investing in Your Future : 401(k) plan with a company match up to $5,000 per year, subsidized fertility and family planning services, and discounted legal assistance services.
Our Commitments
Glassdoor is committed to equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of recruitment, selection and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran or military status or any other category protected under the law. Glassdoor is an equal opportunity employer; committed to creating a community of inclusion, and an environment free from discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
Where-to-Work Policy
Being a remote-first company, Glassdoor employees can live anywhere Glassdoor is a registered company. Requests to move must be approved by an employee's manager and the People team. While we will try our best to support relocation requests, some requests may not be approved due to various tax, legal, or other restrictions.
Enjoy Remote and Explore : Employees authorized to work in their current location may Work Away for up to a total of 30 (thirty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change. Employees on visas may work Work Away for up to a total of 20 (twenty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change. The amount of time and location for Work Away must be approved by the employee's manager and People Operations team at least two (2) weeks in advance of travel.
Salary : $171,400 - $227,700
