Senior Applied Scientist Ii Search Ranking at Etsy

Company Description
Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect entrepreneurs with buyers around the world. Etsy, Inc.'s 'house of brands' portfolio has expanded to now include four individually distinct ecommerce brands -- Etsy, fashion resale marketplace Depop, musical instrument marketplace Reverb, and Brazil-based handmade goods marketplace Elo7. As an Etsy employee, you'll tackle unique problems alongside talented coworkers committed to Keeping Commerce Human. We're large enough that you'll focus on meaningful, complex challenges, but small enough that you can make a rewarding impact.
Job Description
What’s the role?
We are looking for an experienced Applied Machine Learning Scientist in the Search Ranking team to help understand buyer shopping missions, personalize content, and rank the most relevant search results to our buyers on search pages. As an Applied Scientist, you will work closely with software engineers to build custom large-scale machine-learning models powered in production to deliver customer impact. We are individuals who are data driven, and are passionate about making ML innovations in areas such as: Ranking, Optimization, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning to improve the Etsy search experience!
This is a full-time position working with the Engineering Manager, Search Ranking, and the base salary range will be $184,000 - $205,000 USD per year. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy. For this role, we are considering candidates based in the US who are either remote, flex, or office-based. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more about our flexible work options and vaccination policy here.
What’s this team like at Etsy?
Our team of applied scientists, ML engineers, data analysts, and product managers work as a multi-functional team in a primarily remote setting to build, improve and maintain online search ranking systems that can drive customer impact in Etsy.
Design, develop and maintain of large scale, performant machine learning systemsResearch and implement novel ML models to improve relevance and personalization in search resultsInfluence product roadmap using data backed analysisMentor junior scientists on the team
What does the day-to-day look like?
Find opportunities to improve our buyers’ search experience and propose a project plan backed up with data analysisScope data-driven projects and collaborate with internal & external teammates from Data, Modeling and ML Infrastructure.Iterate quickly to design, implement, optimize, and test new modeling improvements in both offline and production A/B experiment settings.Draw conclusions from experiment resultsLead high code quality and engineering standards in the team; Maintain and improve core ML pipelineOf 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.
Qualifications
Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:
You are a caring teammate who enjoys helping others. Your growth mindset means you find joy in continuous learning and self-improvement. You care about how ML impacts real people. It also helps if you have:
3+ years of experience in areas related to Search, Recommendation Systems, Personalization, and Applied ML.A previous track record of publications in one of the following fields: information retrieval, recommendation systems, knowledge graphs, natural language processing.Proficiency in writing high quality production code, demonstrating strong software engineering and coding skillsProficiency in neural ML frameworks such as Tensorflow, PyTorchExperience with web-scale data preprocessing and ML workflow such as Apache Spark, Beam, Kubeflow Pipelines etcExperience working with cloud computing services such as Google Cloud PlatformA product focus and passion for using machine learning to address real-world problems. Knowledge of various machine learning techniques and key parameters that affect their performanceStrong verbal and written communications skills and comfort working in a remote team with a strong Slack and Google Docs.Self-directed, flexible, and strong sense of ownership.
Additional Information
What's Next
If you're interested in joining the team at Etsy, please share your resume 
with us and feel free to include a cover letter if you'd like. As we hope 
you've seen already, Etsy is a place that values individuality and variety. 
We don't want you to be like everyone else -- we want you to be like you! 
So tell us what you're all about.
Our Promise
At Etsy, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers
relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, 
ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Etsy is proud to be an equal opportunity 
workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment 
opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual 
orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran 
status. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the 
interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa 
sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.
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