Senior Applied Researcher, SEO Science
Senior Applied Researcher, SEO Science
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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 Natural Language Processing Knowledgeable collaborative co-workers Come work at eBay and help us redefine global online commerce!
Who Are We
Looking for a company that inspires passion courage and imagination where you can be part of the team shaping the future of global commerce Want to shape how millions of people buy sell connect and share around the world If youre interested in joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to creating an ambitious and inclusive workplace join eBay a company you can be proud to be a part of.
The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Landing Page teams define and build features that optimize the way customers browse our inventory and help them easily find and reach relevant eBay pages when searching on search engines like Google Bing Yahoo etc. With literally hundreds of millions of products listed on eBay globally at any time the scale at which eBay has to consider search engine optimization puts our team in a unique position to innovate and provide immediate value to the business.
The SEO Landing Page Platform holds the buyer intent data definition for our category and model landing pages. These pages serve as important destinations for buyers who come from search engines like Google as well as those who are browsing the eBay site. The Linking Services connect those pages and enable them to show up in navigational elements like the breadcrumb and category navigation. The operational tools provide the interface for manual intervention and eventual automation of those operational tasks.
What Will You Do
We are looking for seasoned Applied Researchers to join us and help lead improvements automation and scaling of our data-heavy processes. Our Senior Researchers tackle such diverse and challenging projects on Image Quality scoring; Automatic Taxonomy Improvement; Entity Resolution of rich hierarchical Entities; and Conflict Resolution between different representations of the same Entity. Further they help us design these separate projects and envision how they come together to create and power new experiences that surprise and delight our Customers. If you love a good challenge and are good at handling complexity - wed love to hear from you!
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 well-being
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
Collaborate with Management and Product Management on shaping the departments vision and roadmap
Help define and refine project scopes goals and metrics
Seek scientifically valid solutions that deliver real value to eBay customers
Carefully measure your output and impact in order to learn and improve over time
Collaborate with Operations team to ensure the quality of any human-labeled data required
Build Machine Learning models and data pipelines to deliver insightful yet practical solutions
Mentor more junior peers as well as review their work and provide frequent feedback and advice
Promote Scientific rigor and standards as well as code quality and craftsmanship within the team - especially among your less experienced peers
Present key technical and novel research work in public forums and conferences
Help interview and hire additional exceptional teammates!
Minimum Qualifications
. or Ph.D. in Computer Science Statistics Mathematics or equivalent field with 7 years of industrial experience in Applied Machine Learning
Industrial experience with multiple of the following: classification regression NLP clustering Deep Learning / Neural Networks Reinforcement Learning or related
Significant Experience in Production-grade coding in a high-level language such as Python or Java
Experience in Big Data processing frameworks e.g. Hadoop SQL Spark
Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills
Thought leadership and mentoring skills
Additional Qualifications
Significant track of publications at top-tier conferences and published patents.
Open source tool building/commits to popular threads.
Experience on Language models and KG building
eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity veteran status and disability or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation please contact us at We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our Accessibility Statement to learn more about eBays commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
