ML Scientist II, Advertising Optimization & Automation
ML Scientist II, Advertising Optimization & Automation
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Job Description
Candidates for this position are preferred to be based in Bangalore India and will be expected to comply with their teams hybrid work schedule requirements.
Who we are
Wayfairs Advertising business is rapidly expanding adding hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to Wayfair. We are building Sponsored Products Display & Video Ad offerings that cater to a variety of Advertiser goals while showing highly relevant and engaging Ads to millions of customers. We are evolving our Ads Platform to empower advertisers across all sophistication levels to grow their business on Wayfair at a strong positive ROI and are leveraging state of the art Machine Learning techniques.
TheAdvertising Optimization & Automation Scienceteam is central to this effort. We leverage machine learning and generative AI to streamline campaign workflows delivering impactful recommendations on budget allocation target Return on Ad Spend (tROAS) and SKU selection. Additionally we are developing intelligent systems for creative optimization and exploring agentic frameworks to further simplify and enhance advertiser interactions.
We are looking for Machine Learning Scientist II to join theAdvertising Optimization & Automation Scienceteam. In this role you will be responsible for the development of budget tROAS and SKU recommendations and other machine learning capabilities supporting our ads business. You will work closely with other scientists as well as members of our internal Product and Engineering teams to apply your engineering and machine learning skills to solve some of our most impactful and intellectually challenging problems to directly impact Wayfairs revenue.
What youll do
- Design build deploy and refine large-scale machine learning models and algorithmic decision-making systems that solve real-world problems for customers
- Work cross-functionally with commercial stakeholders to understand business problems or opportunities and develop appropriately scoped analytical solutions
- Collaborate closely with various engineering infrastructure and machine learning platform teams to ensure adoption of best-practices in how we build and deploy scalable machine learning services
- Identify new opportunities and insights from the data (where can the models be improved What is the projected ROI of a proposed modification)
- Be obsessed with the customer and maintain a customer-centric lens in how we frame approach and ultimately solve every problem we work on.
What youll need
- 3 years of industry experience with a Bachelor/ Masters degree or minimum of 1-2 years of industry experience with PhD in Computer Science Mathematics Statistics or related field.
- Proficiency in Python or one other high-level programming language
- Solid hands-on expertise deploying machine learning solutions into production
- Strong theoretical understanding of statistical models such as regression clustering and machine learning algorithms such as decision trees neural networks etc.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Intellectual curiosity and enthusiastic about continuous learning
Nice to have
- Experience with Python machine learning ecosystem (numpy pandas sklearn XGBoost etc.) and/or Apache Spark Ecosystem (Spark SQL MLlib/Spark ML)
- Familiarity with GCP (or AWS Azure) machine learning model development frameworks machine learning orchestration tools (Airflow Kubeflow or MLFlow)
- Experience in information retrieval query/intent understanding search ranking recommender systems etc.
- Experience with deep learning frameworks like PyTorch Tensorflow etc.
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 industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving 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 risk-takers and trailblazers who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger smarter and well-positioned 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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Employment Type
Full Time
