Lead Machine Learning Engineer

At HackerRank, we help over 2,500 of the most prestigious logos across industries find, hire, and upskill amazing developer talent using our SaaS-based Developer Skills Platform. We pioneered and continue to lead the developer skills market. At HackerRank, we are passionate about our mission to "Change the world to value skills over pedigree." This position is full-time and remote within India.

• Identify business opportunities best suited for machine learning and set the scope, vision and strategy to execute on those opportunities
• Set the foundations and define best practices for machine learning efforts at HackerRank
• Identify opportunities and drive improvements to existing machine learning efforts
• Productionize machine learning models, for example balancing model performance with memory and latency requirements

• 7-8+ years of experience in software development including 3+ years in machine learning engineering
• Must Haves: Python, Deep Learning, Pytorch or Tensorflow.
• Plus: Math/Statistics background, NLP (Natural Language Processing)
• Prior experience technical directing and mentoring junior team members to deliver large efforts
• Solid ability to understand business priorities and setting vision to realize them
• Being up to date on recent advances in machine learning, and identifying relevant papers and opportunities
• Solid mathematical background and ability to model problems in a thorough and sound way.
• Ability to design and implement a modern machine learning framework and codebase for the company to operate in.

• Expertise in deep neural networks training on modern machine learning libraries.
• Expertise in natural language processing techniques

We have a full package of competitive benefits and perks, which include the following:

• One-time home office set up stipend
• Monthly Remote Work Enablement Stipend
• Professional Development Reimbursement
• Wellbeing Benefits (Headspace, etc)
• Flexible paid time off, paid leave for new parents, and flexible work hours
• Insurance for all employees (term life, personal accident, medical) along with medical insurance for their dependents
• Employee stock options

HackerRank is a Y Combinator alumnus backed by tier-one Silicon Valley VCs with total funding of over $100 million. The HackerRank Developer Skills Platform is the standard for assessing developer skills for 2,500+ companies across industries and 23M+ developers worldwide. Companies like LinkedIn, Stripe, and Peloton rely on HackerRank to objectively evaluate skills against millions of developers at every hiring process, allowing teams to hire the best and reduce engineering time. Developers rely on HackerRank to turn their skills into great jobs. We’re data-driven givers who take full ownership of our work and love delighting our customers!

HackerRank is a proud equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. We provide equal opportunity to everyone for employment based on individual performance and qualification. We never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Notice to prospective HackerRank job applicants: We’ve noticed fake accounts posing as HackerRank Recruiters on Linkedin and through text. These imposters trick you into paying them for jobs/providing credit check information. Here’s how to spot the real deal:

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