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Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

United States, San Francisco 284000.00 - 426000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 21, 2026
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Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer in Relevance to define and lead the technical direction for Patreon’s recommendation and search systems. Architect large-scale ML systems that determine what fans see, how they discover creators, and how creators grow their audiences. Own projects from prototype to production, including the data, modeling, and backend components.

Job Responsibility

  • Design and build large-scale ranking, search, and recommendation systems that power discovery across the platform
  • Architect and productionize end-to-end ML pipelines (data ingestion, feature generation, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring)
  • Prototype visualizations for the impact of new ML models to help bridge collaboration with product and design partners
  • Develop embedding systems and retrieval models that serve millions of users in real time
  • Establish and evolve ML observability and performance monitoring for relevance metrics
  • Partner with cross-functional leaders to align on roadmap, goals, and impact
  • Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a high bar for technical excellence and experimentation

Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional experience in applied machine learning, with a focus on search, ranking, or recommendation systems
  • Proven experience designing and deploying production ML systems serving millions of users
  • Strong programming skills in Python
  • Proficiency in backend development and experience integrating ML systems into production environments
  • Ability to prototype or visualize ML outputs in interactive UI contexts to help teams interpret model impact
  • Expertise in building and maintaining data pipelines, feature stores, and model observability systems
  • Deep understanding of embedding-based retrieval, ranking algorithms, and personalization architectures
  • Strong collaboration skills — able to partner effectively with engineers, designers, and PMs
  • Experience mentoring senior engineers and driving cross-team technical alignment
  • Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent experience

Nice to have

  • Experience at a large-scale consumer platform with search or recommendation systems
  • Prior experience building internal tools or interactive demos for model interpretability
  • Strong interest in creative ecosystems or content discovery platforms

What we offer

  • Equity
  • healthcare
  • flexible time off
  • company holidays and recharge days
  • commuter benefits
  • lifestyle stipends
  • learning and development stipends
  • patronage
  • parental leave
  • 401k plan with matching

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