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Job description:
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Discord has a highly engaged community
of millions of daily active users who
use the platform for many different
reasons, but there’s one thing that
nearly everyone does: play video games.
Discord plays a uniquely important role
in the future of gaming, and we are
focused on making it easier and more fun
for people to hang out before, during,
and after playing games.We're
looking for a Senior Machine Learning
Engineer to join our Engagement ML team,
working as part of the cross-functional
Onboarding squad in Discord's Growth
organization. You'll design and
build 0→1 end-to-end ML solutions that
help brand-new users find their place on
Discord: the servers, people, and
content that turn a first session into a
long-term connection to the product. If
this excites you, keep reading!
What You'll Be Doing
Design, build, and scale the
recommendation systems that connect new
users to communities and content, from
candidate generation and ranking through
to online serving.
Solve cold-start personalization for
users with little or no history on
Discord, turning the limited signals
available into recommendations for
servers, communities, and content.
Build and deploy ML models that lift
new-user retention, combining
purpose-built approaches with shared
foundations such as user and server
embeddings.
Collaborate cross-functionally to shape
the Onboarding roadmap, balancing fast
learning experiments with the long-term
complexity and scalability of the
systems behind them
What you should have
5+ years of experience in Machine
Learning, Data Science, or Applied
Science, with a track record of shipping
recommendation or personalization
systems end to end.
Hands-on experience building modern
recommendation systems: retrieval and
ranking pipelines, embedding-based
retrieval (e.g. two-tower models), and
deep learning models (e.g. transformers,
multi-task learning).
Strong proficiency in Python and ML
frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or
TensorFlow.
Experience taking ML systems from
ideation to production at scale,
including feature pipelines, model
serving, monitoring, and online
experimentation.
Strong product intuition and a passion
for building 0→1 ML applications
grounded in user feedback and real-world
impact.
Excellent communication and
collaboration skills, able to serve as
the ML voice on a cross-functional squad
and keep stakeholders aligned on
trade-offs, priorities, and progress.
The ability to thrive in ambiguous
environments, energized by tackling
open-ended, technically challenging
problems
Bonus Points If You Have:
Experience with cold-start or new-user
personalization, onboarding flows, or
preference elicitation.
Built user representation models or
applied social-graph signals to
recommendation problems.
Worked on growth or engagement problems
for consumer products, such as community
and content recommendations, user
activation, or retention.
Experience with large-scale
recommendation systems, data
infrastructure, distributed computing,
and vector search.
The base salary range for this
full-time position is listed below. This
position will also be eligible for
equity and benefits. Benefits include
medical, dental, and vision insurance; a
401(k) plan; life and disability
insurance; paid time off; and paid
parental leave. Our salary ranges are
determined by role and level. Within the
range, individual pay is determined by
additional factors, including
job-related skills, experience, and
relevant education or training. Please
note that the compensation details
listed in role postings reflect the base
salary only, and do not include equity,
or benefits. Applications for this role
are accepted on an ongoing basis.Base
Salary$220,000—$275,000 USDWhy
Discord? Discord plays a uniquely
important role in the future of gaming.
We're a multiplatform,
multigenerational and multiplayer
platform that helps people deepen their
friendships around games and shared
interests, and helps developers build
and grow their businesses. We believe
games give us a way to have fun with our
favorite people, whether listening to
music together or grinding in
competitive matches for diamond rank.
Join us in our mission! Your future is
just a click away!
Discord is committed to inclusion and
providing reasonable accommodations
during the interview process. We want
you to feel set up for success, so if
you are in need of reasonable
accommodations, please let your
recruiter know.
Please see our Applicant and Candidate
Privacy Policy for details regarding
Discord’s collection and usage of
personal information relating to the
application and recruitment process by
clicking HERE.
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