Staff Data Scientist, ThredUp
$212-260k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan + Discretionary restricted stock unit awards
3+ days a week in office (Oakland, CA)
Fashion resale platform
Job no longer available
Fashion resale platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$212-260k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan + Discretionary restricted stock unit awards
3+ days a week in office (Oakland, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inspire a new generation to think secondhand first.
Role
Who you are
- An advanced degree in a STEM field or equivalent professional experience in data science (5+ years of industry experience with advanced degree or 10+ years industry experience)
- Excellent communication, technical leadership, and project management skills as you will be the data science team expert in the search, AI, NLP, and LLM space
- Extensive experience in developing ML models and applying AI in a commercial environment, preferably in the retail or e-commerce sector
- Experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch, ideally in the recommendation system domain
- Excellent programming skills in Python, along with experience in Spark and complex SQL queries
- Familiarity with search engine technologies, particularly Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
- Familiarity with cloud computing services, ideally AWS, and the ability to work with distributed systems
- A proactive and self-directed approach to problem-solving and project management
Desirable
- Experience with recommendation systems using a vector embedding approach
- Experience adopting LLMs to business needs
- Experience with computer vision, NLP, and deep learning technologies
What the job involves
- As a Staff Data Scientist, you will be harnessing thredUPs large datasets to drive advanced personalization, search, and recommendation systems
- Reporting to the Director of Product Data Science, your focus will be on guiding product features that will bring delight to our customers and create a more streamlined and personalized experience
- As a senior member of our data science and analytics team, you'll have ownership over substantial portions of our product data and algorithms
- By innovating and implementing state-of-the-art machine learning, data science, and large language model solutions, you'll help shape the future of sustainable fashion retail
- Design and develop machine learning models to power our personalization and search ranking algorithms
- Leverage cutting-edge AI and large language model technologies to refine and enhance the customer search experience
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to integrate scalable machine learning and AI solutions into our platform
- Lead data-driven initiatives that contribute to operational efficiencies and elevate the user experience
- Translate complex data findings into actionable insights for both business and product stakeholders
- Spearhead the design of experiments to guide and validate product decisions
- Mentor and guide junior data scientists, fostering an environment of growth and innovation
Our take
Over 40% of Gen Z consumers claim to have bought used clothing as opposed to 20% of Gen X and Boomers. Yet, despite this change in fashion trends, consumers must often rely on brick-and-mortar thrift stores and unregulated second-hand eCommerce marketplaces in order to access and find pre-owned clothing.
ThredUp provides an online marketplace for the buying and selling of secondhand fashionwear, offering affordable prices on discount clothing whilst promising a regulated and consistent approach to quality and cleanliness standards. The company acquires its clothing through sellers sending packages of clothing, which the company then sifts through to decide what is sellable and what should be returned.
The company went public in 2021 and immediately acquired Remix, a European second-hand fashion outlet, as part of its international expansion plans. It has, however, struggled to achieve profitability thanks to global economic turmoil and a glut of new clothing in the fashion industry, causing prices to drop sharply. It is focusing on reducing its operating costs and expanding its storage capacity. Analysts expect it to weather the current conditions in good form.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2019
$100m
SERIES F
Sep 2015
$81m
SERIES E
Total funding: $232.9m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary (we leverage market data) + stock
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Flexible PTO (take the time you need) + 13 company holidays (US offices)
- Paid Sabbatical after 3 years of full time employment
- Generous paid parental leave for new mothers and fathers
- Medical, dental, vision, 401k, life and disability insurance offered
Company HQ
Old Oakland, Oakland, CA
Leadership
James Reinhart
(Founder & CEO)Has an MBA from Harvard Business School and started out in teaching. Also co-founded the Beacon Education Network.
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