Head of Machine Learning

Join Epidemic Sound as Head of Machine Learning

At Epidemic Sound, we are on a mission to revolutionize the soundtracking experience for global brands and creators. We are seeking an experienced Head of Machine Learning to lead our AI strategy and ensure we remain at the forefront of machine learning and AI technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Set AI Strategy: Shape and drive the company’s AI and machine learning strategy, ensuring alignment with overall business goals. Identify high-impact opportunities where AI can deliver significant value.
• External AI Partnerships: Represent Epidemic Sound in conversations with external AI partners, staying at the forefront of AI innovation and ensuring the company adopts best-in-class tools and methodologies.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with key stakeholders, including product, engineering, and data teams, to assess business challenges and architect machine learning solutions that enhance our product offerings.
• AI Leadership: Serve as a mentor and strategic advisor to senior machine learning engineers and technical leads across multiple product lines.
• Innovate and Scale: Initiate and own complex AI/ML projects from ideation through to execution, impacting everything from intelligent search (e.g., semantic and audio-based search), recommendation systems and music metadata tagging, to advanced AI audio features.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Influence not only the technical direction but also the strategic vision for AI/ML at Epidemic Sound.
• Spearhead the exploration of foundational model applications and cutting-edge AI technologies.
• Strategically impact the development and deployment of machine learning features that define the future of our platform.
• Play a strategic role in shaping Epidemic Sound's AI ecosystem and contribute to key decisions that impact company-wide priorities.
• Drive initiatives to improve technical processes, AI frameworks, and ML tooling, fostering a culture of innovation and best practices.
• Guide the professional growth of the machine learning team through mentorship and thought leadership.

What We Are Looking For

To succeed in this role, we expect that you have:

• Extensive experience in Machine Learning and AI with a proven track record in both academia and industry.
• Significant expertise in AI leadership, including developing, deploying, and maintaining large-scale machine learning systems.
• Proficiency in cloud-based ML systems.
• In-depth experience with MLOps best practices, architectures, and tools.
• Proven ability to mentor and lead technical teams, guiding projects from concept to deployment.
• Experience with adapting/fine-tuning foundation models for real-world applications.
• Experience in generative AI models, preferably within media, such as diffusion models and transformers.

Ready to Lead the Future of AI at Epidemic Sound?

If you’re excited about this opportunity to shape the AI strategy and be at the helm of our ML initiatives, apply today and let’s create the future of soundtracking together.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We believe that bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives makes for a healthy workplace, a more successful business, and a better world. We value diversity and encourage everyone to come and soundtrack the world with us.