Director Applied Research T28
Director Applied Research T28
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Job Description
At eBay were more than a global ecommerce leader were changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. Were committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.
Our customers are our compass authenticity thrives bold ideas are welcome and everyone can bring their unique selves to work every day. Were in this together sustaining the future of our customers our company and our planet.
Join a team of passionate thinkers innovators and dreamers and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.
Do you love data Graphs Machine Learning Knowledgeable collaborative coworkers Come work at eBay and help us redefine global online commerce!
Who Are We
The Product Knowledge team is at the epicenter of eBays Techdriven Customercentric overhaul. Our team is entrusted with creating and using eBays Product Knowledge a vast Big Data system which is built up of listings transactions products knowledge graphs and more. Our team has a mix of highly proficient people from multiple fields such as Machine Learning Data Science Software Engineering Operations and Big Data Analytics. We have a strong culture of collaboration and plenty of opportunity to learn make an impact and grow!
What Will You Do
As Director you will set the vision and lead the of a portfolio of highimpact research initiatives that blend applied science scalable engineering and domain expertise in commerce. Youll be responsible for not only driving core innovation but also ensuring that cuttingedge models transition into production systems with measurable business impact.
Youll collaborate deeply with partners in Product Engineering Data and Business Operations to shape product strategies and customer experiences through datadriven insight and intelligent automation.
eBay is an amazing company to work for. Being on the team you can expect to benefit from:
A competitive salary including stock grants and a yearly bonus
A healthy work culture that promotes business impact and at the same time highly values your personal wellbeing
Being part of a force for good in this world eBay truly cares about its employees its customers and the worlds population and takes every opportunity to make this clearly apparent
Job Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Vision
Define and own the applied research strategy for the Product Knowledge Science group.
Identify emerging research areas aligned with eBays business priorities such as AIdriven taxonomy evolution multimodal understanding (image text) and dynamic knowledge graph enrichment.
Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to set research roadmaps and deliver measurable impact.
Team Building & Talent Development
Lead mentor and grow a highperforming team of applied scientists machine learning engineers and research managers.
Foster a culture of innovation scientific rigor diversity and technical excellence.
Technical Direction
Oversee the design development and deployment of ML/AI systems related to entity resolution attribute extraction taxonomy generation knowledge graph construction and product normalization.
Ensure best practices in experimentation evaluation and productionization of ML models.
Promote open innovation by guiding contributions to conferences patents and opensource initiatives.
Crossfunctional Influence
Collaborate with partner teams to integrate applied research into enduser products.
Influence senior stakeholders with datadriven recommendations and thought leadership.
Present key technical and novel research work in public forums and conferences
Minimum Qualifications
. or Ph.D. in Computer Science Statistics Mathematics or equivalent field with 12 years of relevant industry experience including 3 years in people and project leadership roles
Industrial experience with multiple of the following: ML architecture deployment optimization classification regression NLP clustering Deep Learning / Neural Networks Reinforcement Learning or related
Experience managing crossfunctional research or AI teams
Ability to bridge longterm technology vision with shortterm delivery goals
Strong communicator with a track record of influencing senior leadership
Additional Qualifications
5 or more related publications/patents in quality conferences or journals
Open source tool building/commits to popular threads.
Experience on Language models and KG building
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
