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iHeartMedia Lead Machine Learning Engineer in Albany, New York
iHeartRadio
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The audio revolution is here – and iHeart is leading it! iHeartMedia, the number one audio company in America , reaches 90% of Americans every month -- a monthly audience that’s twice the size of any other audio company – almost three times the size of the largest TV network – and almost 4 times the size of the largest ad-supported music streaming service. In fact, we have:
More #1 rated markets than the next two largest radio companies combined;
We’re the largest podcast publisher , with more monthly downloads than the second- and third-largest podcast publishers combined. Podcasting, the fastest-growing new media, today has more monthly users than streaming music services or Netflix;
iHeart is the home of many of the country’s most popular and trusted on-air personalities and podcast influencers , who build important connections with hundreds of communities across America;
We create and produce some of the most popular and well-known branded live music events in America, including the iHeartRadio Music Festival, the iHeartRadio Music Awards, the iHeartCountry Festival, iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina and the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour;
iHeartRadio is the #1 streaming radio digital service in America;
Our social media footprint is 7 times larger than the next largest audio service; and
We have the only complete audio ad technology stack in the industry for all forms of audio , from on demand to broadcast radio, digital streaming radio and podcasting, which bring data, targeting and attribution to all forms of audio at an unparalleled scale. As a result, we’re able to combine our strong leadership position in audience reach, usage and ad tech with powerful tools and insights for our sales organizations to help them build success for their clients at a more efficient cost than any other option.
Because we reach almost every community in America, we’re committed to providing a range of programming that reflects the diversity of the many communities we serve – and our company reflects that same kind of diversity. Our company values stress collaboration, curiosity, welcoming dissent, accepting mistakes in the pursuit of new ideas, and respect for everyone.
Only one company in America has the #1 position in everything audio: iHeartMedia!
If you’re excited about this role but don’t feel your experience aligns perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At iHeartMedia we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and are looking for teammates passionate about what we do!
What We Need:
We are looking for an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to join the team at iHeartRadio to help us with our mission to reshape the world of music and podcasts. Data Science and Machine Learning is at the heart of creating a data-driven culture at iHeartRadio. We help to define and deliver an unrivaled personalized music experience to our users by working closely with cross-functional teams of Data Engineers, API Engineers, Product Managers, Marketing Managers, and BI/Analytics. As a full stack team, we engage with this mission at every level; we understand our user’s intents and preferences through data, and design and engineer products that directly connect our users to the music they’ll love.
In your first six months, your work will result in releasing new audio data products directly to our 120+ million users. You will build models to predict and understand the user journey through typical listening lifecycles and engineer solutions to bring these models to our users at scale. You will have end to end ownership of your code, though ideally you also relish reviewing a good pull request. If you enjoy building machine learning models, working with large data sets, maintaining software engineering best practices, and having a direct impact on a dynamic business, then this is a good role for you.
What You'll Do:
Solve complex real world problems with large amounts of data
Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and socialize solutions
Design and implement novel machine learning methods
Evaluate new paradigms for deploying and hosting machine learning models
Engineer scalable software solutions for building, deploying, and hosting models
Conduct A/B testing regularly to optimize business processes and validate new features
Stay atop the most recent developments and best practices in the quickly changing field of ML and AI
What You'll Need:
A deep understanding of machine learning algorithms and statistics
Scientific or quantitative computing experience (Python, Scala, Spark)
Experience working with distributed datasets in Spark
Experience working with real-time stream processing frameworks (Spark Streaming, Flink, Kafka, etc)
The ability to tell a story with data (large scale analysis, data visualization)
Experience writing production-grade code (in a language such as Python, Java, or Scala)
An understanding of best practices in software engineering (git, CI/CD, OOP, etc)
Experience hosting models as a service (using tools like FastAPI)
4+ years of previous work experience as a machine learning engineer
(Preferred) A Masters or PhD degree in computer science or a quantitative discipline (statistics, mathematics, economics, etc)
What You'll Bring:
Compensation:
Salary to be determined by multiple factors including but not limited to relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and alignment with market data.
$163,456 - $204,320
Location:
VIRTUAL, NY
Position Type:
Regular
Time Type:
Full time
Pay Type:
Salaried
Benefits:
iHeartMedia’s benefits offering is flexible and offers a variety of choices to meet the diverse needs of our changing workforce, including the following:
Employer sponsored medical, dental and vision with a variety of coverage options
Company provided and supplemental life insurance
Paid vacation and sick time
Paid company holidays, including a floating holiday that enable our employees to celebrate the holiday of their choosing
A Spirit day to encourage and allow our employees to more easily volunteer in their community
A 401K plan
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost – services include telephonic counseling sessions, consultation on legal and financial matters, emotional well-being, family and caregiving
A range of additional voluntary programs, such as spending accounts, student loan refinancing, accident insurance and more!
We are accepting applications for this role on an ongoing basis.
The Company is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.
Non-Compete will be required for certain positions and as allowed by law.
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iHeartMedia is the number one audio company in the United States, reaching nine out of 10 Americans every month – we specialize in radio, digital, social, podcasts, influencers, data, and events across the nation and provide premier opportunities for advertisers.
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