Inside LinkedIn's L1/L2 rankers: twin MLP models scoring topic fit and dwell time

_jaydeepkarale · x · 2026-11-06

LinkedIn's multi-stage ranking uses L1 and L2 rankers with nearly identical architectures (text embedding models + MLP), differing only in size and features. Candidates shrink from thousands to hundreds after L1. Each stage outputs on-topicness and long-dwell scores, combined by a multi-objective score combiner to determine final ranking.

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