Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Etsy
Search Ranking
$205-237k
+ Equity + Annual Bonus
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
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eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$205-237k
+ Equity + Annual Bonus
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of industry experience, preferably in search, ads, recommendation, or related areas, or a PhD degree in ML related field with 3+ years of industry experience
- Experience in training, deploying, monitoring, debugging, and iterating on scalable production systems in relevant machine learning fields, such as information retrieval, learning to rank, representation learnings, user modeling and personalization, natural language processing, and computer vision
- Experience in successfully taking projects from design to delivery, both independently and as part of a team
- Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
- Strong engineering and coding skills, with the ability to write high quality production code. Proficiency in Python, Scala, Java and/or other equivalent languages
- Experience with web-scale data preprocessing and ML workflow such as Apache Spark, Beam, Airflow, Kubeflow Pipelines… etc
- Capability of collaborating and communicating effectively with teammates and cross-functional partners
What the job involves
- As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer on Etsy’s Search Ranking Team, you will play a pivotal role in developing and optimizing algorithms that determine the relevance and ranking of listings in our search engine
- You will use advanced machine learning techniques to analyze user behavior, item attributes, and contextual data to ensure that buyers find the most relevant products have delightful shopping experience
- This role involves collaborating closely with fellow machine learning engineers, applied scientists, product managers, and analytics partners to drive data-driven decisions and implement scalable solutions that enhance the search experience
- This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager
- Designing, building and maintaining the ranking systems that power Etsy Search
- Using innovative machine learning models in representation learning, natural language modeling, and computer visions to improve search relevance
- Monitoring ecosystem signals and optimizing for long-term marketplace health
- You will work in a cross-functional team to prioritize and lead projects which help achieve our product targets
- You will conduct applied ML research to identify the latest models or build custom architectures to improve search system
- You will prototype, optimize, and productionize scalable ML models in the production framework
- You will perform both offline and online experiments to verify your solutions
- You will optimize the ML models and systems to ensure high efficiency, scalability, and observability
- You will mentor junior team members to help them produce high-quality machine learning solutions
- Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law
Our take
Created as an alternative to more corporate eCommerce sites, Etsy is a peer-to-peer (P2P) website where users buy and sell handmade crafts, vintage items, art, and photography. The online marketplace works similarly to Amazon and eBay, only with an emphasis on unique items rather than mass-produced merchandise.
Since its IPO in 2015, it has managed to hold its own in an increasingly competitive eCommerce industry, including from Amazon's handmade section that launched in 2015. Further, by providing sellers with ownership over pricing and branding, the site is attractive for those wanting to set up a business on an established platform.
However, the seller-side of Etsy is not without problems. The recent hike in transaction fees and the introduction of mandatory marketing fees for artists with high turnovers has created significant discontent amongst sellers. Etsy must reconcile these issues to ensure artists continue to operate on the same scale within the platform. It plans to attract shoppers with its message of extraordinary, handmade and affordable products.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2012
$40m
LATE VC
Aug 2010
$20m
SERIES E
Total funding: $91.7m
Company benefits
- Equity (offers vary by country)
- Performance bonuses
- Paid gender neutral parental leave
- Adoption and family planning
- Back-up care
- Volunteer time off
- Donation matching
- Employee resource groups
- Global virtual events
- Employer paid health benefits
- Fitness benefits
- Wellness programming
- Mental health benefits
- 401K matching/Pension contributions
Company HQ
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
Leadership
Josh Silverman
(CEO)Previously senior executive at eBay, CEO of Shopping.com, CEO of Skype and President of Consumer Products & Services at American Express.
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