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VP, Marketplace Engineering | Talent.com

Locations:
Sector: Jobs Marketplace

With over 30 million jobs available in over 75 countries, Talent.com has established itself as one of the largest sources of employment worldwide. Talent.com’s mission is to centralize all jobs available on the web, whether they come from companies’ career websites, staffing agencies or job boards. Our platform offers the most diverse and complete content to job seekers. 

Meet Talent.com:

Our platform offers the most diverse and complete content to job seekers. In 2022, the company raised $120 million USD to improve its product offering and user experience by improving the speed and efficiency of job searches using Machine Learning and AI to better match jobs to potential employees. The company is remote first with a distributed workforce with hubs in Montreal, Barcelona, Lausanne, and Medellin.

Talent.com Leadership

Lucas Martinez

CEO

Alpesh Gaglani

CTO

Lucas Martinez

CEO

Alpesh Gaglani

CTO

Lucas Martinez

CEO

Role Responsibilities:

As the VP of Marketplace Engineering at Talent.com, you’ll have the unique opportunity to spearhead the complete rebuild of our marketplace intelligence engine, which will power both the job seeker and employer experiences. We’re seeking a hands-on leader deeply immersed in the intricacies of machine learning, with extensive experience in search ranking relevance, match, and recommendation engines. This role will have a direct and immediate impact on revenue for the company, so we are looking for someone who is as business minded as they are technical. You will report to the Chief Technology Officer and be a member of the technology leadership team.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the build of a brand new marketplace search/recommendation engine 
  • Employ a variety of ML models/pipelines to enhance platform performance and user experience
  • Develop and implement best practices in large-scale Machine Learning systems to enhance performance, user experience, reliability, and monetization of the platform 
  • Mentor and guide cross-functional teams of software engineers, machine learning engineers, data scientists, and system engineers distributed across various time zones
  • Collaborate closely with the CTO and senior leadership team to align technology initiatives with business goals and objectives

Job requirements:

Requirements:

  • Extensive expertise in machine learning, particularly in a marketplace/search environment 
  • Proven track record of building ML pipelines from the ground up
  • Strong leadership potential with a hands-on approach to guiding engineering teams
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of adapting style to different audiences and stakeholders, both internally and externally
  • Ability to zoom in and out as necessary
  • Passion for working in a scrappy startup environment
  • Hands-on approach and entrepreneurial mentality with a passion for our mission and continuing to build a highly successful company.
  • 5+ years of experience building and implementing machine learning systems
  • Experience in job search, HR Tech, or marketplace businesses is preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred)

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