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Salary: USD 171,600 - 222,200 / annual
Twitch is seeking an Applied Scientist to solve challenging problems in creator and content contextual signals. You will join the GTM Science team and use applied machine learning to tackle ambiguous business problems across Ads, Brand Safety, Creator Sponsorship, and Content Understanding. You will lead high-profile projects leveraging a diverse toolkit of ML approaches to handle multiple data types including user behavior, metadata, text, and video content.
In this role, you will:
- Build machine learning products to enrich Twitch's content understanding and help creators and viewers discover communities
- Propose, design, and oversee execution of high-impact projects that work backwards from customer problems to develop appropriate solutions, knowing when to apply classical ML versus state-of-the-art approaches
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and product teams to prototype and deploy models into flexible data pipelines and ML-based services
- Drive innovation and strengthen science culture by staying current with new techniques in LLMs, computer vision, inference, and model evaluation
You will report to the Senior Data Science Manager for GTM and work in San Francisco.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Degree in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, or similar) with one of the following:
- 5+ years of hands-on industry experience with applied ML (Bachelor's degree)
- 3+ years of applied ML experience (Master's degree)
- 1+ year of applied ML experience (PhD)
- Experience with LLM model evaluations
- Experience owning projects involving multiple scientists and engineers
- Experience working with both technical and non-technical partners and stakeholders
- Expertise in Python and SQL, modern open-source ML libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.), and cloud computing services (AWS or similar)
BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:
- PhD with specialization in Machine Learning
- Experience with computer vision, LLM inference, or content understanding
- 1+ years in GTM/Content/Creator organizations
- Familiarity with Twitch, its business, and community
