• Strong experience with Python, PyTorch, and deploying applied machine learning models in production
• Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
• Background building search pipelines using semantic search, vector search, embeddings, and hybrid retrieval
• Experience with query understanding, query expansion, relevance tuning, and ranking algorithms
• Knowledge of NLP techniques, including entity recognition, semantic similarity, and transformer models
• Experience applying ML or computer vision to image, photo, video, or visual datasets at scale
• Ability to work with rapidly changing content datasets in high-volume environments

• Cloud experience with AWS and SageMaker
• Background in news, media, publishing, or visual asset management
• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a STEM-related field

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