Machine Learning Software Engineer, Etsy
$153-199k
+ Equity + Annual performance bonus
More information about location
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
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eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$153-199k
+ Equity + Annual performance bonus
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.
Role
Who you are
- You have proven engineering and coding skills and data structure knowledge
- You have experience working with Java and/or Python
- You are a strong collaborator and communicator and you make the engineers around you grow and learn
- 5+yr experience in building, iterating and troubleshooting solutions to complex problems with a significant backend component
- You have built distributed services with technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc
- You have fundamental experience with infrastructure engineering and strong troubleshooting skills
- You have hands-on experience with Cloud technologies (Google Cloud)
- Experience with Machine Learning, in particular evaluation, is a plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our ML Orchestration Platform team working to work with us on building and managing the tooling that powers evaluating our Search, Ads, Trust & Safety, and Recommendations systems
- As a Senior Engineer, you will be responsible for building systems that enable teams to confidently deploy changes to our recommendation systems before deploying them in production
- These tools work by sending historical and/or simulated requests in a pre-production environment and evaluating responses to generate analytic reports
- Our innovative evaluation layer helps nearly 100M buyers and over 5M sellers navigate Etsy’s extensive marketplace by enabling our teams to move quickly and confidently
- Do you find joy in big picture thinking and helping enable others while driving critical metrics
- If so, this could be the perfect match
- This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager
- The Machine Learning Enablement Initiative builds and maintains Machine Learning systems that help all Etsy customers quickly resolve issues through intuitive self-service tools and human, real support experiences
- We work on meaningful, complex challenges but small enough that you can make a rewarding impact
- We build platforms & services to solve problems at scale
- We are a platform team with a product driven mentality
- We drive innovation using our Machine Learning systems in effective and creative ways
- Play a central role in building evaluation tools for our search and recommendation systems
- Develop and support the core services/infrastructure of our evaluation layer
- Work cross-functionally with various platform teams, Machine Learning teams and product partners to build the next generation of our evaluation, simulation, and load testing tooling
- Practice continuous learning and agile delivery model to stay informed and focused on our deliverables
- We are proud to have an engineering culture that encourages career growth and learning in a blameless environment. You can learn more about our philosophies, tools, and some of the challenges we’ve been solving on our Engineering blog
- 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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