Machine Learning Engineer

Key Skills

Apache Hadoop, C Programming, C++, Data science techniques, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, MapReduce, Python Programming, PyTorch, R Programming, Scala Programming, SQL, TensorFlow

Job Description

Creating insights with the power to advance the world is a group effort. Only when every voice is heard are the best solutions brought to light. Join Moody’s and see what it means to move forward together.

Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) is a global integrated risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions. Our data, analytical solutions and insights help decision-makers identify opportunities and manage the risks of doing business with others. We believe that greater transparency, more informed decisions, and fair access to information open the door to shared progress. With over 11,000 employees in more than 40 countries, Moody’s combines international presence with local expertise and over a century of experience in financial markets. Learn more at moodys.com.

At Moody’s, we’re taking action. We’re hiring diverse talent and providing underrepresented groups with equitable opportunities in their careers. We’re educating, empowering and elevating our people, and creating a workplace where each person can be their true selves, reach their full potential and thrive on every level. Learn more about our DE&I initiatives, employee development programs and view our annual DE&I Report at moodys.com/diversity

Moody’s Analytics provides financial intelligence and analytical tools supporting our clients’ growth, efficiency and risk management objectives. The combination of our unparalleled expertise in risk, expansive information resources, and innovative application of technology, helps today’s business leaders confidently navigate an evolving marketplace.

Department

Predictive Analytics – AI/ML Group

Role/Responsibilities

In the Predictive Analytics AI group, we build data-driven, highly distributed machine learning systems. Our engineers and researchers are responsible for architecting and developing these ML services end-to-end overcoming unique challenges that involve building systems that have high throughput availability, consistency, and low latency. The Predictive Analytics AI Group is the central group in Moody’s Analytics comprising of researchers and engineers working together to build data-driven customer-facing products, as well as the necessary infrastructure to support the ML services following the industry leading practices. The group has worked on and built some award-winning AI products like Compliance Catalyst, Adverse Media Monitoring, Coronapulse, Quiqspread, News Edge 2.0, ESG and has participated in various internal automation initiatives.

The group also regularly publishes and presents their work in top-tier academic and industry conferences. We have a flexible work environment and allow remote work depending on one’s personal choice.

Broadly, we are looking for colleagues who are passionate about:

• Natural language processing
• Information retrieval
• Information extraction
• Graph Neural Networks
• Recommender systems
• Knowledge graphs
• Explainable AI

We’ll trust you to:

• Collaborate with colleagues on production systems and applications
• Build and deploy scalable machine learning pipelines using MLFlow, Docker and Kubernetes
• Design, experiment, and evaluate algorithms as well as models using PyTorch, scikit learn, Tensorflow, HuggingFace
• Write, test, and maintain production-quality code
• Represent Moody’s Analytics at scientific and industry conferences

• Collaborate with colleagues and academia to publish research findings in leading academic venues such as ACL, EMNLP, NAACL-HLT, AAAI, KDD, CIKM, SIGIR, ECIR

Qualifications

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelors, Masters, or a Ph.D. in CS, ML, Math, Statistics, Engineering, Quant, or relevant industry experience.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python
• Proficiency in software development
• Proficiency in developing and deploying machine learning services

Nice to have:

• Publication record in top-tier academic conferences and journals

• Experience with MLOPs technologies and workflow

Must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (i.e., at least 2 weeks after last dose) and, if hired, present proof of vaccination on start date, as determined by Moody’s.