Senior ML Scientist SMART
Senior ML Scientist SMART
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Job Description
Candidates for this position are preferred to be based in Bangalore and will be expected to comply with their teams hybrid work schedule requirements.
Who We Are
Wayfair runs the largest custom ecommerce large parcel network in the United States approximately 1.6 million square meters of logistics space. The nature of the network is inherently a highly variable ecosystem that requires flexible reliable and resilient systems to operate efficiently.
Wayfair is moving the world so that anyone can live in a home they love a journey enabled by more than 3000 Wayfair engineers and a datacentric culture. The Search Marketing and Recommendations technology science team (SMART) builds and owns all the Machine learning (ML) products that power all search marketing and recommendations technology across Wayfair. Our algorithms tackle a varied & broad spectrum of challenges in the Wayfair marketplace; from empowering suppliers to easily add products to our catalog to enabling our customers to discover and purchase a vast & diverse assortment of home goods to driving marketing experiences customers love all at web are looking for an experienced machinelearning enthusiast to lead the research and development of the ML systems that power our realtime Search typeahead content recommendations and algorithmic customer understanding experience teams. In this role you are accountable for building the next generation of Wayfairs ML stack for one of these teams. You will collaborate closely with the engineering analytics and product leads within our SMART team to define the technical vision and work with your leadership to build the organization and team required to execute on it. This role is a cornerstone of the Search Marketing and Recommendations Technology (SMART) organization with broad visibility and close communication with leaders across the business up to Executive level.
What Youll Do
- Lead the development of cuttingedge machine learning algorithms in Wayfairs predictive search/typeahead content recommendations or algorithmic customer understanding teams.
- Continually improve teams ability to build efficient machine learning models by leveraging industry best practices and set high standards for craftsmanship of the entire team.
- Mentor a team of machine learning engineers continuously upskill them while modeling a culture of continuous research and innovation.
- Collaborate closely with the product and engineering leaders in our SMART technologies group to build a nextgeneration search and recommendations stack and the organization required to maintain and innovate on it
- Contribute as a senior leader beyond the SMART group in particular within Wayfairs broader ML community
- Be obsessed with the customer and maintain a customercentric lens in how we frame approach and ultimately solve every problem we work on.
We Are a Match Because You Have:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Mathematics Statics or a related field.
- 10 years of experience in building large scale machine learning algorithms
- 4 years in an architect or technical leadership position
- Strong theoretical understanding of statistical models such as regression clustering and ML algorithms such as decision trees neural networks transformers and NLP techniques.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R and relevant ML libraries (e.g. TensorFlow PyTorch) to develop productiongrade quality product
- Ability to partner crossfunctionally to own and shape technical roadmaps
- Intellectual curiosity and a desire to always be learning!
Nice to have
- PhD in Computer Science Mathematics Statistics or related field
- Familiarity with suggest/typeahead systems search and ranking or content recommendations
- Familiarity with Generative AI and their usage in improving search and recommender systems.
- Familiarity with GCP (or AWS Azure) ML model development frameworks ML orchestration tools (Airflow Kubeflow or MLFlow)
About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the worlds largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world were reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industryleading technology and creative problemsolving we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If youre looking for rapid growth constant learning and dynamic challenges then youll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.
No matter who you are Wayfair is a place you can call home. Were a community of innovators risktakers and trailblazers who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger smarter and wellpositioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees customers community and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair and world for all. Every voice every perspective matters. Thats why were proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color ethnicity ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship status marital status disability gender identity gender expression veteran status genetic information or any other legally protected characteristic.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
