Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Discovery Recommendations

5+ years of experience building production recommendation or ranking systems, ideally in a UGC, marketplace, or content discovery context

Experience with deep learning for information retrieval and multi-stage recommendation pipelines (candidate generation, scoring, reranking)

Demonstrated ability to design and analyze A/B experiments, with awareness of biases inherent to recommendation systems

Strong Python engineering skills with experience in PyTorch and large-scale data processing frameworks (Spark preferred)

Comfort working in a cloud-based ML environment

Experience with explore/exploit strategies, content cold-start, or counterfactual evaluation methods applied to recommendation

Experience with content understanding models (NLP, vision, or generative AI) used as ranking features

Familiarity with creator economy dynamics and how recommendation design affects content quality and creator incentives

Experience with our stack: PyTorch (TorchRec, Transformers), Ray, Databricks, AWS

Passion for video games and/or experience with gaming analytics

This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & WA).

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

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