Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search

Dow Jones
Madrid, Spain
24 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
€55,000.0 - €70,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

A/B Testing Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Program Optimization Continuous Integration Data Security Python (Programming Language) Machine Learning NoSQL Software Architecture
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Recommender Systems SQL Databases Large Language Models Containerization Information Technology Low Latency Data Analytics Machine Learning Operations Feature Extraction

Job description

About The TeamOur Technology team drives the evolution of our Engineering, Data, Product and User Experience functions.With a keen focus on delivering cutting-edge solutions, we shape the digital landscape for our customers, readers and users.From revolutionizing visuals to optimizing tools and harnessing the power of data, mobile, video and social platforms, our team is committed to providing a seamless and immersive experience across all touchpoints.Collaborating closely with our newsrooms and strategic partners, we spearhead the development of groundbreaking products and technologies.Job DescriptionSenior Machine Learning EngineerDow Jones Job Location: Barcelona About The RoleWe are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our Search team in Barcelona.You will design and build systems that deliver highly relevant, personalized experiences across our digital products.This role sits at the intersection of backend engineering, data, and applied AI-leveraging modern architectures and machine learning techniques to connect users with the most relevant content.You will play a key role in building scalable search indexing, retrieval and ranking systems that serve content to millions of readers in real time.You will partner closely with product, data science, and engineering teams, bringing technical depth and sound judgment to architectural decisions, model design, and evaluation methodology.You WillDesign, build, and operate search systems and services powering content discovery and user engagement.Develop and improve ML models across the whole personalization stack, from candidate generation to final ranking.Use data-driven methods to improve candidate retrieval, leveraging embeddings, two-tower architectures, and user/content signals.Drive experimentation and A/B testing to measure impact and iterate on models and features.Leverage LLMs to enhance content understanding and feature extraction.Optimize systems for performance, latency, and scalability across high-traffic environments.Contribute to engineering best practices, including testing, observability, and CI/CD.Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and analysts to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.You Have2-4 years of industry experience applying machine learning methods, with a strong focus on recommender systems, search, ranking, or personalization.Strong proficiency in Python for production ML systems.Experience with A/B testing and experimentation frameworks to measure model impact.Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerized environments.Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases.Degree in computer science, machine learning, statistics, or equivalent work experience.Our BenefitsComprehensive Healthcare Plans for you and your family (paid by Dow Jones) Extra paid Time Off (30 days of holidays/year) Possibility to work remotely for 3 months/year (desplazamiento program) and one week of remote work per quarter Meal benefit with Pluxee (171€/month on top of your salary) Retirement Plans (Dow Jones will pay 2% of a members Pensionable Salary and match employee contribution up to a maximum of 3 %).Live insurance Well-being Resources (185€ allowance per quarter, Classpass, Spring Health, etc.) Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support Hone and Linkedin learning courses for your further development Employee Referral Program This is a hybrid position, based in Barcelona All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic.We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including women, people with disabilities, and those from underrepresented groups.We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process.If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application or participating in an interview due to a disability, email us at **.Please put “Reasonable Accommodation” in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need.This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.Please refer to the privacy notice at the bottom of this page for submitting any data access, deletion, or other data subject rights requests, where permitted under your local laws and regulations.Business Area: Dow Jones - Technology Job Category: Software Product Engineering Union Status Non-Union role Base Pay Range: 55,000 € - 70,000 € We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent.This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events.Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest newsgathering operations globally.It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires.Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).#J-*****-Ljbffr

Requirements

2-4 years of industry experience applying machine learning methods, with a strong focus on recommender systems, search, ranking, or personalization. Strong proficiency in Python for production ML systems. Experience with A/B testing and experimentation frameworks to measure model impact. Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerized environments. Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases. Degree in computer science, machine learning, statistics, or equivalent work experience.

Benefits & conditions

Comprehensive Healthcare Plans for you and your family (paid by Dow Jones) Extra paid Time Off (30 days of holidays/year) Possibility to work remotely for 3 months/year (desplazamiento program) and one week of remote work per quarter Meal benefit with Pluxee (171€/month on top of your salary) Retirement Plans (Dow Jones will pay 2% of a members Pensionable Salary and match employee contribution up to a maximum of 3 %)., Please put “Reasonable Accommodation” in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates. Please refer to the privacy notice at the bottom of this page for submitting any data access, deletion, or other data subject rights requests, where permitted under your local laws and regulations. Business Area: Dow Jones - Technology Job Category: Software Product Engineering Union Status Non-Union role Base Pay Range: 55,000 € - 70,000 € We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

About the company

For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions. For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest newsgathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV). #J-*****-Ljbffr

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