Founding Senior Data Scientist, Domains Search & Recommendations
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 153500 - 247250
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Domains Search team at Squarespace helps customers discover the perfect domain by combining search recommendation and generative AI techniques. We are building an intelligent platform that uses natural language processing ranking models and personalization to make domain discovery intuitive and inspiring.
Were looking for a Senior Data Scientist with expertise in Search/Recommendation systems and NLP to help guide model development experimentation and data insights that power this experience. This is a hybrid role working from our New York City office 3 days per week. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of Domains in NYC.
Youll Get To...
- Design and evaluate algorithms for search ranking recommendation and personalization of domain search results.
- Leverage NLP techniques (including LLMs) for query understanding domain name generation and contextual suggestions.
- Partner with engineers and product managers to translate ambiguous product needs into data-driven solutions.
- Conduct rigorous experimentation and build metrics frameworks to measure search quality engagement and growth.
- Prototype and productionize models with MLEs ensuring scalability performance and monitoring.
- Perform exploratory data analyses to identify opportunities diagnose issues and create product insights.
- Drive personalization strategies by incorporating user behavior account history and demographic data.
- Mentor peers and help build a data science culture within the team.
Who Were Looking For
- 5 years of professional experience as a Data Scientist with at least 2 in search ranking or recommender systems.
- Foundation in machine learning and NLP including practical experience with embeddings transformers or LLM applications.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL with experience using data science and ML libraries (e.g. Pandas Scikit-learn PyTorch TensorFlow).
- Experience with large-scale experimentation frameworks (A/B testing causal inference uplift modeling).
- (Bonus) Experience in domain search information retrieval or e-commerce search.
Why Join Us
Youll help shape how millions of customers search for and choose their domain names one of the most critical steps in building their online presence. This is a chance to work at the intersection of data science ML and product innovation on a team with a goal of inventing new approaches to domain discovery.
Benefits & Perks
- A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums
- Fertility and adoption benefits
- Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
- Headspace mindfulness app subscription
- Global Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement benefits with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and family care leave
- Pretax commuter benefit
- Education reimbursement
- Employee donation match to community organizations
- 8 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Dog-friendly workplace
- Free lunch and snacks
- Private rooftop
- Hack week twice per year
Cash Compensation Range: $153500 - $247250 USD
The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills experience and location among other factors.
In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and where applicable for eligible roles may include on-target commissions or overtime pay) Squarespace employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock.
About Squarespace
Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence build an audience monetize and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites domains ecommerce and marketing tools as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1500 is headquartered in bustling New York City with offices in Dublin Ireland Aveiro Portugal and coworking spaces in the UK Netherlands and Australia. For more information about our company culture visit Commitment Today more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ethnicity ancestry religion national origin gender sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age citizenship marital or parental status disability veteran status or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. #LI-Hybrid Thank you in advance for providing the following details about your work history from your resume! This helps us ensure that your candidate information is accurate and consistent during the hiring process. Squarespace will never solicit your personal banking information or ask you to transfer money in connection with a job offer or interview. We also will not reach out to you via phone or SMS without your permission or knowledge.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Mammalian Cell Culture
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Protein Purification
- Research Experience
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Flow Cytometry
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