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# Applied Machine Learning Scientist 2, Personalization & Recommendations at washpost

Compensation · Listed in posting

$108,700 – $181,100/yr

**Location**
: Washington, District of Columbia

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: mid

**Posted**
: Sep 24, 2026

## Description

The Washington Post is hiring an Applied Machine Learning Scientist 2 to build AI/ML systems that improve reader discovery, understanding, and engagement. The role focuses on personalization, recommendations, ranking, user modeling, experimentation, and generative AI-powered content discovery, working across the machine-learning lifecycle from data exploration and model development to deployment, monitoring, and evaluation. Candidates need a bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field, at least two years of applied machine-learning experience, Python and an ML framework, and experience with large-scale datasets and ranking or recommendation systems. The position is on-site five days per week and offers an annual salary of $108,700 to $181,100 plus benefits.

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