What we are looking for

We’re looking for an experienced data scientist (5+ years) to integrate our Machine Learning team and build and maintain Yubo’s content recommendation pipeline. Recommender systems require both data science and data analysis backgrounds. As a small and fast team (5 people), we can offer a fun and challenging environment where you will instantly see the value of your contribution for our community.

Challenges

• Take ownership of the feature from conception to deployment
• Respect good practices to ensure code quality
• Read business insights to increase performance
• Interact with product team and backend engineers

Technologies We Use

Here’s a sneak peek of what we use:

• Databases: Elasticsearch, MongoDB, BigTable, BigQuery, Redis
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes on Google Cloud
• Server-side: NodeJS, Express
• Data Science: Dataflow, Spark, PyData stack, Tensorflow, Fasttext
• iOS & Android apps: 100% Swift, 100% Kotlin
• Live Techno: WebRTC (C++)
• Client-side: React, Redux

Technical Prerequisites

• Be familiar with recommender systems algorithms (matrix factorisation, similarity search, multimodal embeddings, …)
• Show a strong motivation in the statistical description of users behaviour patterns.
• Experience with a consumer based app or recommender systems is a plus but not needed.

Mindset Prerequisites

• We are looking for smart, self-motivated machine learning engineers to join our team.
• Humility and team spirit will make a difference for this position.
• You love solving issues, and you are hunger to learn and grow in skill and impact.
• Last but not least, you are passionate about social consumer apps!!

What we can offer you

✨Our culture : Yubo is a tribe of diverse backgrounds and expertise (tech, marketing & communication, safety, support functions…) that share common values like a results-based culture, total transparency, a strong team spirit, the drive to continue learning, and courage to face challenges head-on.

🏳️‍🌈 Our policy about diversity and inclusion : We’re serious about diversity and inclusion at Yubo. People of color, gay, lesbian, transgender, non-binary people, parents, and people with disabilities are all welcome on our team. We hold regular workshops to foster a culture of empathy and compassion for minority issues. We are proud that diversity and inclusion are crucial assets to our team.

Working at Yubo means :

🗽Flexibility and autonomy: the chance to work remotely when you want and where you want and with the material and tools of your choice

🔥 Trust and empowerment: We’ve only just begun this adventure, and there are plenty of projects to work on. So it’s up to you to shape your role according to your skills and career path with the support of your manager.

🥰 Care and well-being: We care a lot about our people with a lot of benefits such as… Health insurance 100% reimbursed, lunch vouchers 60% reimbursed, sick leave 100% covered, parental leave for both parents, brand new offices in the Paris, London, and Jacksonville, Pass Navigo (metro/bus) 100% covered, transport cost reimbursement for people who bike to work, and a kitchen stocked with free snacks and drinks.

🥳 Togetherness and fun: 1 monthly team-building to celebrate, 1 incredible trip per year to relax and disconnect, quarterly team-buildings per team to rediscover each other and reconnect, Switch games after lunch, and, of course, kind and friendly teammates

🎉We are certified HappyIndex® / AtWork StartUp 2021, Tech AtWork® 2021, and Hybrid Worplace® 2021 🍾

• Fit interview with the Head of People & Culture
• Fit interview followed by a 4 hours Technical Test with the Machine Learning team
• Fit with lead C++ and lead fullstack
• Fit with CTO&CPO