Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Instacart

• Have a graduate degree (masters or PhD) in artificial intelligence, machine learning, operations research or equivalent self study and experience
• Have strong programming skills in Python and fluency in data manipulation (SQL, Pandas) and Machine Learning (scikit-learn, XGBoost, Keras/Tensorflow) tools
• Have strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability
• Are a strong communicator who can collaborate with diverse stakeholders across all levels

Desirable

• This is a general posting for multiple Sr. Machine Learning roles open across our 4-sided marketplace
• You’ll get the chance to learn about the problems the different ML teams solve as you go through the process
• Towards the end of your process, we’ll do a team-matching exercise to determine which of the open roles/teams you’ll join
• With regards to level, we have flexibility
• Your level will be determined by your education, years of experience, and most importantly, how you perform throughout the interview process
• You will be joining our team and will tackle some of the most challenging and impactful problems that are transforming how people buy groceries every day
• We’re looking for a self-driven, strategic thinker who can hit the ground running to ultimately influence decision-making across the entire organization
• Design, develop, and deploy machine learning solutions to tackle practical challenges in the our complex marketplace
• Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and backend engineers to deeply understand business needs and create impactful ML applications
• Actively engage with diverse stakeholders to ensure that solutions are well-integrated and aligned with business goals
• Push the envelope on our operational efficiency by continually refining and advancing our algorithms and models