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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Relevance and Personalization (Query Intelligence)

Machine Learning EngineerMachine Learning EngineerFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 5,001-10,000Since 2007H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

4 days ago

Salary

$200K - $235K / year

Seniority

Senior

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Job Description

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Relevance and Personalization (Query Intelligence)

Airbnb

Role Description The Relevance and Personalization team at Airbnb is responsible for search and recommendation across the entire Airbnb digital platform. In this role you'll focus on query intelligence, the front door of search working on critical, impactful projects that turn what a guest types, taps, or says into a precise understanding of their intent, spanning: - Autocomplete and smart compose - Query tagging - Query expansion - Intent modeling across Stays, Experiences, and Services Query understanding is where every search begins, and it directly shapes retrieval, ranking, and ultimately the perfect match between guests and hosts. We build cutting-edge AI technologies across the end-to-end search ranking product stack w.r.t.: - Data pipelines - Feature and model innovations - Serving and experimentation efficiency You'll build the models that parse free-form and natural-language multimodal queries, extract entities and location context, classify intent, and anticipate what guests want before they finish typing. We collaborate closely with teams across Airbnb to develop the ranking solutions and support a healthy marketplace for hosts and guests to further Airbnb's mission of creating a world where people can Belong Anywhere. Some past publications from the team can be found here . Qualifications - 5+ years of industry experience in applied Machine Learning, inclusive MS or PhD in relevant fields - Strong programming (Scala / Python / Java / C++ or equivalent) and data engineering skills - Deep understanding of Machine Learning best practices (e.g., training/serving skew minimization, A/B test, feature engineering, feature/model selection) - Experience with 3 or more of these technologies: Tensorflow, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Spark, Airflow (or equivalent), Kafka (or equivalent), data warehouse (e.g., Hive) - Industry experience building end-to-end Machine Learning models - Experience applying large language models and modern NLP (e.g., sequence tagging/NER, text generation, intent classification, or embedding/representation learning) - Familiarity with building natural-language, AI-native and agentic search experiences is a plus - Exposure to architectural patterns of large, high-scale software applications (e.g., well-designed APIs, high volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms, models) Requirements - Work with large scale structured and unstructured data - Build and continuously improve cutting edge Machine Learning models for Airbnb product, business and operational use cases, with a focus on query understanding - Develop query understanding capabilities — autocomplete and smart compose, query tagging (sequence tagging / NER), query expansion, and query/user intent modeling - Work collaboratively with cross-functional partners including software engineers, product managers, operations and data scientists - Hands-on develop, productionize, and operate Machine Learning models and pipelines at scale, including both batch and real-time use cases - Leverage third-party and in-house Machine Learning tools & infrastructure to develop reusable, highly differentiating and high-performing Machine Learning systems - Example projects include: smart compose and language generation for search, LLM-based sequence taggers, LLM-driven query/location expansion, intent classification, and user-intent sequence modeling Benefits - Base pay range: $200,000 — $235,000 USD - This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits Company Description Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

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