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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

ShopBack

Job Location:

Shenzhen - China

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 22 August 2026 (Yesterday)

Application Deadline: 19 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our Journey

The ShopBack Group is Asia-Pacifics leading shopping rewards and payments platform serving over 20 million active members across 13 2025 the Group continued its global growth with its expansion into North America. Driven by the vision to make every day more rewarding ShopBack is dedicated to saving members money and time and delivering delight every day. The platform also enables merchants and brands to engage with their members in a cost-effective manner. Founded in 2014 ShopBack now powers over US$5.5 billion in annual sales for over 20000 online and in-store partners and has rewarded shoppers with more than US$900 million (over S$1 billion) in Cashback to date. Through its innovative offerings ShopBack continues to create value for both members and merchants. Notably its payment solution ShopBack Pay offers members a convenient and rewarding payment option at checkout.

Your Adventure Ahead

Utilize Machine Learning: Enhance our products and improve the shopping experience for both users and merchants. This includes leveraging machine learning in areas such as recommendations personalization risk fraud detection search and more.
Subject Matter Expertise: Be a subject matter expert in a specific ML domain while maintaining a solid understanding of product and user challenges.
Handle Ambiguity: Navigate and resolve ambiguous problem definitions effectively with or without dedicated Product Manager support.
Metrics Driven: Understand critical business and product metrics apply the right tools and technologies and drive efforts to positively influence those metrics.
Experimentation Culture: Foster a fast-paced high-iteration experimental culture to test and refine solutions quickly.
Collaboration: Work effectively with cross-functional partners and stakeholders to set and achieve optimal outcomes.
Curious: Interest in exploring and learning the latest technologies in the industry.

Essentials to Succeed

Significant prior success as a Machine Learning Engineer working on challenging problems at scale
6 years of industrial ML experience with expertise in modeling and statistical modeling
Good understanding of data collection aggregation analysis visualization productionisation and monitoring of ML products - aka MLOps
Ability to develop ML Products with good engineering practice and mindset
Strong desire to solve tough problems with scientific rigour at scale
An understanding of the value derived from getting results early and iterating
Education in a quantitative field such as Computer Science Operations Research Statistics Econometrics or Mathematics
Strong skills in Python and machine learning and deep learning libraries (Pytorch and Tensorflow)
Passion to answer Product/Engineering questions with data
Demonstrated use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT Cursor) to develop new or improve workflows enhance productivity and drive efficiency at scale.

ShopBacker Traits

Agency - We take ownership and act rather than waiting for permission. When somethings blocking progress we find a way through it and follow through until its done.
Judgement- We aim for high-impact decisions not just easy wins and we put the bigger picture ahead of individual interests. That means moving quickly and confidently while staying thoughtful about when a call really matters.
Learning Velocity - We pick up new skills fast and let go of old habits just as quickly when something better comes along. We benchmark ourselves against the best and keep raising our own bar.
Tenacity - We stay in it when things get hard keeping a level head under pressure. We debate openly before deciding then commit fully and support each other along the way.

Whats in it for ShopBackers

Career growth opportunities to take on greater challenges that help you realise your ambitions.
Be part of a winning team on a journey to global scale.
Competitive compensation based on performance.
Candid open and collaborative culture where feedback is valued.

We are committed to protecting your data and ensuring fairness in our recruitment process. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our team review applications analyse resumes match candidates to roles generate interview notes and assess responses. These tools assist our recruiters and interviewers and they do not make final hiring decisions. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If an assessment is part of your process we may (with your consent) capture screen activity and/or webcam images during the test to help verify test integrity. We do not use AI to infer your emotions or sensitive traits. We process personal data lawfully securely and transparently in line with applicable data-protection laws and our commitment to fair employment. You can ask questions or exercise your rights including to request human review or to challenge an outcome by contacting is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sexual orientation national origin age disability genetic information veteran status or any other protected status under applicable laws. Join our team and help us make a difference!

Required Experience:

Senior IC

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