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Zendesk Group is hiring: Senior Machine Learning Engineer in San Francisco

Zendesk Group, San Francisco, CA, United States


## Job DescriptionZendesk’s people have one goal in mind: to make Customer Experience better. Our products help more than 125,000 global brands (AirBnb, Uber, JetBrains, Slack, among others) make their billions of customers happy, every day.Our team is dedicated to providing a state-of-the-art retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) platform across multiple channels; including customer service bots, email and search. In collaboration with ML scientists, we deliver high-quality AI products leveraging the latest tools and techniques, and serve them at a scale that most companies can only dream of. We’re passionate about empowering end-users to quickly find answers to their questions, and helping our customers make the most of their knowledge base.**We’re looking for a Senior ML engineer to join our team and play a key role in levelling up the RAG platform powering Zendesk!**## ## **What you’ll be doing*** Delivering AI-powered capabilities to our customers at Zendesk scale using the latest in LLM technology* Working closely with Product Management, ML Scientists and other ML Engineers to define feature scope and implementation strategies* Mentoring junior team members, as well as pairing with more experienced colleagues to foster mutual learning* Supporting our deployed services to ensure a high level of stability and reliability* Contributing to discussions regarding technical design and best practices* Writing clean and maintainable code to meet the team’s delivery commitments* Here some of the challenges you will be working on:* + And many more!## ## **What you bring to the role**### **Basic Qualifications*** 4+ years developing machine learning systems in Python* Solid understanding of architecture and software design patterns for server-side applications* Experience with managing and deploying cloud services with a cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)* Experience building scalable and stable software applications* Collaborative and growth mindset, with a commitment to ongoing learning and development* Self-managed and agile, with the ability to problem-solve independently* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal### ### **Preferred Qualifications*** Experience with using LLMs at scale* Experience in designing and implementing RAG systems* Experience with managing and deploying cloud services with AWS* Proven experience making data-driven engineering decisions; formulating hypotheses, conducting experiments, and analyzing results.## ## **What our tech stack looks like*** Our code is largely written in Python, with some parts in Ruby* Our platform is built on AWS* Data is stored in RDS MySQL, Redis, S3, ElasticSearch, Kafka, and Athena* Services are deployed to Kubernetes using Docker, with Kafka for stream processing* Infrastructure health is monitored using Datadog and Sentry## ## **What we offer*** Team of passionate people who love what they do!* Exciting opportunity to work with LLMs and RAG (retrieval augmented generation), rapidly evolving fields in AI* Ownership of the product features at scale, making a significant impact for millions of customers* Opportunity to learn and grow!* Possibility to specialise in areas such as security, performance, and reliability**...and everything you need to be effective and maintain work-life balance*** Flexible working hours* Professional development funds* Comfortable office and a remote-friendly environment## About ZendeskZendesk builds software for better customer relationships. It empowers organizations to improve customer engagement and better understand their customers. Zendesk products are easy to use and implement. They give organizations the flexibility to move quickly, focus on innovation, and scale with their growth.More than 100,000 paid customer accounts in over 150 countries and territories use Zendesk products. Based in San Francisco, Zendesk has operations in the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America.to learn more about how we engage with, and provide support to, our local communities. Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Zendesk are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.By submitting your application, you agree that Zendesk may collect your personal data for recruiting, global organization planning, and related purposes. Zendesk's explains what personal information Zendesk may process, where Zendesk may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over Zendesk’s use of your personal information.#LI-MK12**The intelligent heart of customer experience**Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.As part of our commitment to fairness and transparency, we inform all applicants that artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision systems may be used to screen or evaluate applications for this position, in accordance with Company guidelines and applicable law.Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at Zendesk are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer. If you are based in the United States and would like more information about your EEO rights under the law, please .Zendesk endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans pursuant to applicable federal and state law. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please send an e-mail to peopleandplaces@zendesk.com with your specific accommodation request.
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In Summary: Zendesk is looking for a Senior ML engineer to join our team and play a key role in levelling up the RAG platform powering our customer service bots . We deliver high-quality AI products leveraging the latest tools and techniques, and serve them at a scale that most companies can only dream of .

En Español: ## Descripción de trabajo Las personas de Zendesk tienen un objetivo en mente: mejorar la experiencia del cliente. Nuestros productos ayudan a más de 125.000 marcas globales (AirBnb, Uber, JetBrains, Slack, entre otras) a hacer felices a sus miles de millones de clientes cada día.Nuestro equipo se dedica a proporcionar una plataforma de generación aumentada de recuperación (RAG) de última generación a través de múltiples canales; incluyendo bots de servicio al cliente, correo electrónico y búsqueda. En colaboración con los científicos ML, ofrecemos productos de IA de alta calidad aprovechando las últimas herramientas y técnicas, y les brindamos servicios a escala que casi todas las empresas sólo pueden soñar. Estamos apasionados de capacitar a los usuarios finales para que encuentren rápidamente respuestas a sus preguntas y ayuden a nuestros clientes a aprovechar al máximo su base de conocimientos.**Estamos buscando un ingeniero senior de ML para unirse a nuestro equipo y desempeñar un papel clave en nivelar la plataforma RAG impulsando Zendesk!**# ## **Lo que vas a hacer***Llevar capacidades basadas en IA a nuestros consumidores a escala Zendek utilizando las últimas tecnologías de LLM* Trabajar junto con Red Product Management, Científicos ML y otros Ingenieros ML para definir estrategias de alcance e implementación* Mentoring Team Members, así como emparejarnos con colegas más experimentados para fomentar el aprendizaje mutuo* Apoyar nuestra aplicación de servicios de AWS para garantizar un alto nivel de estabilidad y fiabilidad Se empodera a las organizaciones para mejorar la participación del cliente y comprender mejor a sus clientes. Los productos de Zendesk son fáciles de usar e implementar. Les dan flexibilidad a las empresas para moverse rápidamente, centrarse en la innovación y escalar con su crecimiento.Más de 100.000 cuentas de clientes pagadas en más de 150 países y territorios utilizan los productos zendesk. Con sede en San Francisco, Zendsk tiene operaciones en Estados Unidos, Europa, Asia, Australia y América del Sur.Para obtener más información sobre cómo nos involucramos y brindamos apoyo a nuestras comunidades locales. Zendesk explica cuál es la información personal que puede procesar Zendsk, dónde puede tratar su información personal, sus propósitos para el tratamiento de su información personales y los derechos que usted puede ejercer sobre el uso que hace de ella.#LI-MK12**El corazón inteligente de la experiencia del cliente**Zendesk software fue construido para traer una sensación de calma al caótico mundo del servicio al cliente. Hoy en día impulsamos miles de millones de conversaciones con marcas que conocemos e amamos.Creemos en ofrecer a nuestra gente una experiencia satisfactoria e inclusiva. Nuestra forma híbrida de trabajar nos permite reunirnos intencionalmente personalmente, en una de nuestras muchas oficinas de Zendensk alrededor del mundo, para conectarse, colaborar y aprender mientras también brindamos a nuestros empleados la flexibilidad de trabajar remotamente durante parte de la semana.Como parte del compromiso continuo por promover la transparencia y la igualdad de oportunidades de trabajo, estamos orgullosos de informar a todos los solicitantes (AIZ) que pueden evaluar las aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial o utilizarse de acuerdo con esta ley o guía laboral. Las personas que buscan empleo y los empleados de Zendesk se consideran independientemente de su raza, color, religión, origen nacional, edad, sexo, género, identidad sexual, expresión de género , orientación sexual, estado civil, condición médica, ascendencia, discapacidad, estatus militar o veterano, u otra característica protegida por la ley aplicable. Somos un empleador AA/EEO/Veteranos/Disabled. Si usted tiene su sede en Estados Unidos y desea obtener más información sobre sus derechos EEO bajo la ley, por favor .Zendesk hace esfuerzos para hacer solicitudes razonables para solicitantes con discapacidades y veteranos discapacitados de acuerdo a las leyes federales y estatales aplicables.