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We offer a wide range of content, including Original Series, TV Shows, Movies, and Sports. \nWe are in the business of delivering exceptional storytelling. We produce award-winning scripted and unscripted Original Series, such as “Boyhood”, “Anna”, and “SNL Korea”. We believe Sports can also be elevated by creative storytelling. Play is now an authoritative destination for Sports, broadcasting K-League, La Liga, Bundesliga, F1, NFL, and other leading leagues and tournaments. We also offer some of the latest movies that were just released in local theaters, bringing more exceptional storytelling to our customers. \nTo ensure that we deliver all content seamlessly, we invest in Engineering, Product, and Design. Coupang Play is available on all mobile devices, tablets, PC, Smart TV, Apple TV, and Android TV. Our teams keep optimizing how customers discover and stream both VOD and Live content. That includes investments in frontend, backend, and infrastructural developments. We also embrace Machine Learning to refine our CX. \nWe are still very early in our growth stage. If you enjoy solving complex problems using industry-leading technology or unconventional business approaches, please join us. We are building a world-class team of problem-solvers, all dedicated to delivering exceptional storytelling to our customers. \nRole Overview \nAs a Staff Machine Learning (ML) Engineer at Coupang Play, you will work on our large and increasing catalog of content including streaming video on-demand titles, live events, as well as transactional video on-demand titles. You will mine large amount of playback data to gain insights from OTT subscriber behavior; create data jobs to generate machine learning features; build, train and improve new or existing models; participate in building the framework used for contents recommendations and personalization by leveraging all available data sources, machine learning tools, and other technical platforms. You will work closely with our Product and Engineering teams to build our recommendation and personalization systems. \nWhat You Will Do \nBuild next generation content recommendation and ad personalization systems for Coupang Play \nDevelop data requirements and coordinate with relevant engineering and business teams to setup data collection as well as to validate data \nDevelop necessary features for models using the collected data and train relevant models using scientific tools and coding \nIntegrate model inference implementations into our production systems \nSetup necessary testing requirements for the models in production, including A/B testing, and analyze results to gather insights about model performance \nBasic Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in computer science,Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field \n7+years of experience in building ML products, with at least 2 years of experience in content recommendation or ad personalization domain \nExperience building and deploying large-scale recommendation and personalization systems in production \nProficiency in Python and at least one deep learning framework (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, or Keras) \nStrong statistical background in experimentation and modeling \nDeep product sense, self-starter and ability to drive critical projects in fast-paced environment \nExcellent communication skills in English and a collaborative mindset \nPreferred Qualifications\n MS or PhD in degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field \nExcellent software engineering skills with a proven record of high quality product delivery \nExperience in training, evaluating, fine-tuning, and deploying models (e.g. LLM) in production \nExperience with AWS or other cloud system and familiarity with using GPUs \nRecruitment Process and Others \nRecruitment Process \nApplication Review - 1st Interview - 2nd Tech Interview - Leadership interview - Offer \nThe exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances. \nInterview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage. \nDetails to Consider \nThis job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled. \nCoupang will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore and do not require company sponsorship for an employment visa.\nCoupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process. \nThose eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran’s benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws. \nJob titles and responsibilities may be subject to change depending on the candidate’s overall experience, etc. This will be communicated to the candidate at the appropriate time before the offer. \nHiring may be restricted in case the legal qualifications required for hiring and work performance is not met.\nThis is a full-time regular position and includes 12 weeks of probation period; 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