Machine Learning Engineer

Are you an entertainment news junkie? Do you thrill your friends with tales torn from famous and obscure sources about artists and performers of every ilk? Are you a bit of a data-head who's a little obsessed with entertainment charts, ranks, lists and stats? Do you knowingly smile to yourself as you watch a story's blow-up path, from the feeds to the web to TV, all fueled by the public's fascination with all things entertainment? And do you have an eye for fact-based stories and an understanding of the role data plays in their telling? If so, we'd like to talk

Luminate is the preeminent entertainment data and insights company, unlocking access to the most essential, objective, and trustworthy data compiled from thousands of verified data sources. The beneficiary of industry consolidation, Luminate now houses what was once Nielsen Music, BDS Radio, SoundScan, Music Connect, Alpha Data and Variety Business Intelligence.

**The Team**:
We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer that will lead and implement Luminate's effort to deploy state of the art Machine Learning algorithms for the identification of music assets such as Contributing artists, recordings, works and releases. We want to explore a broad variety of technologies, such as NLP, deep learning, audio transcription or classification.

This position can be based either in France (remotely) or in our New York City office (hybrid).

**The Role**:

- Document all possible technologies that will extend the capabilities of our current matching algorithms.
- Propose test processes to validate each technology
- Evaluate scalability of each technology
- Research, build, and deploy cutting-edge ML models and algorithms to optimize our product.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, create and maintain ML models.
- Write well-documented, clean, and maintainable code, adhering to established best practices and methodologies.
- Continuously iterate and improve upon existing models and algorithms, ensuring enhanced accuracy, performance, and scalability.
- Maintain and enhance the quality of interactions with third-party ML / AI providers.
- Effectively work with REST APIs and integrate with back-end services to deliver complete solutions.
- Keep up-to-date with the latest advancements in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and relevant technologies, proactively identifying opportunities to stay competitive.
- Additional projects, duties, and tasks as assigned

**Who you are**:

- Strong knowledge of machine learning architectures: fully connected, CNN, transformers, language models
- Experience in one (or more) of the following fields: computer vision, natural language processing, audio processing, time series, anomaly detection...
- Good development skills in Python, Scala, Cypher, SQL
- Strong interest in software development.
- Experience with GCP and/or AWS.
- Experience with relational and non-relational DB such as neo4J.
- Experience in code optimization is a plus
- Experience in BigData
- Experience in understanding product requirements.
- Embrace ownership, autonomy and agile methodology.
- Good English proficiency (Work in an international environment).

**More About Us**:Luminate has incredible 30 year history that has made us who we are today. We power the Billboard Charts, but we also inform the entire music industry with exclusive research, data and insights. We serve the television and film industry, providing deep meta-data on every major production and title.
- Luminate is_ an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws._

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