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About the Role
Whatnot is seeking a Machine Learning Scientist to lead the design, development, and productionization of ML models for feed recommendations and buyer personalization. This role involves end-to-end project leadership, from scoping and data collection to deployment and experimentation, with a focus on driving technical excellence and establishing ML best practices.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and productionization of ML models that power feed recommendations and buyer personalization.
- Lead ML-based projects from end-to-end: scoping and planning, data collection and feature engineering, model training and deployment, backend implementation, and online experimentation.
- Support product initiatives like exploration and international, new buyer, new seller, and small category growth.
- Work closely with Backend Software Engineers to implement ML-based solutions into production.
- Contribute to backend development to support recommendations and feed work.
- Drive technical excellence and establish ML best practices across the Buyer and Discovery teams.
- Grow ML knowledge across the team and support the scalability of our production models.
Requirements
- 4+ years of industry experience building and deploying ML models to solve user problems at scale.
- Industry experience with a track record of applying scientific methods to solve real-world problems on consumer scale data.
- Advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, and common ML frameworks like PyTorch, XGBoost, etc.
- Strong communication and leadership skills; ability to influence roadmap and align cross-functional teams in a remote environment.
- Proficiency and experience in applied statistics.
- Firm grasp of visualization tools, interactive and self-serving, such as dashboards and notebooks.
- Experience building ML applications for Discovery and Personalization domains.
- Experience with backend development.
Skills
- Python
- SQL
- PyTorch
- XGBoost
- Applied statistics
- Visualization tools
- Dashboards
- Notebooks
- Backend development
Location
- US Based
- New York City hub
Work Type
- Remote
- Co-located team
Experience Level
- 4+ years of industry experience
Salary/Compensations
- $180,000 - $245,000/year
Benefits
- Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
- Work From Home Support
- Home office setup allowance
- Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
- Care benefits
- Monthly allowance for wellness
- Annual allowance towards Childcare
- Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
- Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
- Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work
About the Company
- Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love.
- We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy.
- The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.
- We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.
- We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes.
- Join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
Equal Opportunity
- Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law.
- We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.