AI/ML Job: Machine Learning Team Lead

Machine Learning Team Lead at Coinbase

San Francisco, California, United States 🇺🇸   (Posted Nov 14 2018)

About the company
Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.

Job description
Coinbase’s vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by creating an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone.

Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more delightful to use than any alternative. Those principles guide every decision across the company from design through engineering, from operations through security.

The Data organization’s mission is to “Revolutionize value creation from data for the open financial system in the most trusted way.“ This role is the Lead for the Machine Learning team as part of the organization.

Responsibilities:

Define the vision, mission, strategic direction, and roadmap for Machine learning and AI, and be accountable for efficient execution and business impact.

Hire, retain, and grow a super talented team in a fast-paced environment

Create tools and operational processes to improve machine learning productivity

Evangelise machine learning and AI internally and externally, including attending conferences and being a thought leader in the space

Skills & requirements
8+ years of industry experience in data science and machine learning, preferably at a consumer product company

3+ years of experience managing machine learning/AI teams

Expert-level experience with machine learning that can be applied to business problems

Experience with building and deploying large scale machine learning models in a real product setting with business impact

Experience with one of the ML platforms: Python / scikit-learn, Spark, vowpal wabbit, etc

Fluent in data fundamentals: SQL, data manipulation using a procedural language, statistics, experimentation, and modeling

Exhibit our core cultural values: Clear Communication, Positive Energy, Continuous Learning, Efficient Execution

Degree in a field that has very applicable use of data science / statistics techniques (e.g. statistics, applied math, computer science, OR a science field with direct statistics application)

Apply now!