Machine Learning Engineer (L5) - Ads

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play pause and resume watching as much as they want anytime anywhere and can change their plans at any time.

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play pause and resume watching as much as they want anytime anywhere and can change their plans at any time.

In April 2022 we announced that we are creating a new lower-priced ad-supported tier for our customers. We are now working toward our goal of providing more choice for consumers and a premium better-than-linear TV brand experience for advertisers. That said we are looking for the founding members of this new business area for Netflix!

The mission of the Creative team in Ads DSE is to figure out how to leverage state of the art image and video generation models to create a new class ads at scale that are customized to the Netflix experience. The team is not only challenged with the task of creating high quality image and video ads with new technology but also will need to figure out how to scale these workflows and build artists friendly tools around them.

Responsibilities:

• Work with technical artists to figure out how to design and build a scalable system for creating generated image ads with style transfer.

• Finetune and customize open source image generation and editing models and build systems to automate those workflows.

• Design algorithms and models to automate training data collection and curation.

• Setup and maintain model inference APIs and training pipelines.

• Build internal tools for artists and creatives to use.

• Work with technical artists to design artist facing tools for image editing.

• Port ComfyUI workflows to APIs and webUIs.

• Stay up to date with the latest image generation and editing models and identify new opportunities.

Requirements:

• PhD or MS in computer vision graphics machine learning or 4+ years equivalent work experience in related fields.

• Experience writing deploying and maintaining Python code.

Nice to have but not required:

• Experience with open source image generation (ComfyUI LoRA training)

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family background skills and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $170000 - $720000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans Mental Health support a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match Stock Option Program Disability Programs Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts Family-forming benefits and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation holidays and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here .

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color ancestry national origin caste sex sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression age disability medical condition pregnancy genetic makeup marital status or military service.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.