Netflix
Streaming platform with a data-driven culture and freedom & responsibility ethos.
3 Rounds
~14 Days
Hard
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Machine Learning Engineer
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System Design
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hard
Design the machine learning architecture for the Netflix homepage, specifically focusing on how you would rank and generate the personalized rows of content for a specific user.
#Recommendation Systems
#Ranking
#Personalization
#Microservices
Machine Learning Engineer
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System Design
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hard
Design a machine learning system to predict the lifetime value (LTV) and 28-day viewership of a new Netflix Original series before it is released.
#Predictive Modeling
#Content Valuation
#Cold Start
Machine Learning Engineer
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System Design
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hard
Design a real-time feature pipeline that updates a user's recommendation profile the moment they finish watching a movie.
#Streaming Architecture
#Kafka
#Flink
#Feature Store
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