About BuzzFeed, Inc.
BuzzFeed, Inc. (Nasdaq: BZFD) is home to the best of the internet with a mission to spread joy and truth. Across entertainment, news, food, pop culture, and commerce, our brands drive conversation and inspire what audiences watch, read, and buy now — and into the future. Born on the internet in 2006, BuzzFeed, Inc. is committed to improving it: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring our audience to live better lives.
Business Area: Technology
Job Category: Data
Salary: $142,000.00- $160,000.00 USD
Union Status: Non-Union
BuzzFeed Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We reserve the ability to adjust the final compensation for this role based on the final candidate's experience, skillset, certifications, and geography.
The Role
BuzzFeed has been on the cutting edge leveraging technology and ML to guide and scale its business since day one. Today we ingest close to 2TB of data every day across our brands -- BuzzFeed, Tasty, HuffPost -- and platforms -- websites, apps, Apple News, TikTok, Facebook, and many more. Hundreds of millions of users consume and engage with our content, which, increasingly, is touched in some manner by Machine Learning.
We’re looking for a talented, full-time, Senior Data Scientist or Senior ML Scientist to join our distributed remote-friendly team. In this role, you will shape homegrown products, including deep learning & reinforcement learning-based recommender systems, and Gen-AI-enabled experiences. You will have a lot of freedom to identify the right approach while closely collaborating with team members and cross-functional stakeholders.
BuzzFeed’s Machine Learning team is made up of data scientists, engineers, and product managers designing and building the models and infrastructure that power a growing number of BuzzFeed Inc. surfaces. These range from internal tools used by journalists and editors to experiences that readers engage with daily as they consume content across websites and apps. You’ll get to collaborate with some of the best in the business, work closely with creative teams, and launch innovative capabilities powered by LLMs and generative models. Recent examples of the team’s work include Tasty’s AI cooking assistant and this AI Shrek generator that you never knew you needed. Additionally, you’ll design, implement, and launch personalized recommender systems that are seen by millions of readers every day across the internet.
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Life at BuzzFeed, Inc.
We celebrate inclusion and are committed to equal-opportunity employment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other protected category.
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Note: BuzzFeed Inc. offers remote/flexible work (unless specified to be required to be in-person) and is open to hiring remote candidates who are residents in the following states: CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, and WV. For non-sales roles, we can also hire in AK, AR, AZ, ID, KS, MO, ND, SC, and VT.
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