Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning - Personalization
About The Position
We’re looking for a passionate Applied Machine Learning expert to join our team. As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, you’ll be conceptualizing, designing, implementing, and validating algorithmic improvements to the growth and personalization experiences at the heart of our fast-growing grocery and retail delivery business. You will use our robust data and machine learning infrastructure to implement new ML solutions to make the consumer search experience more relevant, seamless, and delightful across grocery, convenience, and many other retail categories. You will demonstrate a strong command of production level machine learning, experience with solving end-user problems, and collaborate well with multi-disciplinary teams. You will report into the engineering manager on our Personalization team. We expect this role to be hybrid with some time in-office and some time remote (#LI-Hybrid).
Requirements
- 8+ years of industry experience developing machine learning models with business impact, and shipping ML solutions to production.
- M.S., or PhD. in Statistics, Computer Science, Math, Operations Research, Physics, Economics, or other quantitative field
- Expertise in applied ML for Causal Inference and Recommendation Systems - both classical and deep learning based. Additional familiarity with explore/exploit/MAB algorithms & LLMs is a plus.
- Machine learning background in Python; experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow preferred.
- Ability to communicate technical details to nontechnical stakeholders
- You keep the mission in mind, take ideas and help them grow using data and rigorous testing, show evidence of progress and then double down
- Desire for impact with a growth-minded and collaborative mindset
Responsibilities
- Develop production machine learning solutions to build a world class personalized shopping experience for a diverse and expanding retail space
- Partner with engineering and product leaders to help shape the product roadmap applying ML
- Mentor junior team members, and lead cross functional pods to create collective impact
Benefits
- a 401(k) plan with employer matching
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- wellness benefits
- commuter benefits match
- paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
- medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- disability and basic life insurance
- family-forming assistance
- a mental health program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
