Senior Data Scientist Ads Ranking at Faire

About this role
Faire is using machine learning to change wholesale and help local retailers compete with Amazon and big box stores. Our experienced data scientists and machine learning engineers are developing solutions related to discovery, ads & monetization, ranking, search, recommendations, logistics, underwriting, and more - all with the goal of helping local retail thrive.
The Data Science team owns a wide variety of algorithms and models that power the marketplace. We care about building machine learning models that help our customers thrive.
As a member of the Data Science team you’ll develop machine learning-powered ads ranking models while contributing and adding impact and personalization to our search and discovery system functions. You’ll determine answers to questions like, how relevant is this ad/product to this retailer and how can we infer that in real-time? Can we create real-time embeddings of users' interests and use them to power rankings? How can we improve the ads purchase flow? What techniques can we use to enable our A/B tests to more quickly converge when dealing with low sample sizes?
Our team already includes experienced Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers from Uber, Airbnb, Square, Facebook, Netflix and Pinterest. Faire will soon be known as a top destination for data scientists and machine learning, and you will help take us there!
What you’ll do

You’ll build best-in-class models to solve various problems at the intersection of Ads Modeling domain and Search and Recommendation.
You’ll be able to develop vision and execution plan for the Ads team and actively participate in the long-term roadmap as we monetize the platform.
Collaborate with Data Scientist and ML Engineers across the Data organization to implement tools for ads experimentation.
Develop key metrics for ads performance evaluation; design dashboards to track them.

Qualifications

3+ years of industry experience in ads/ads modeling domain (ads ranking, auction design, bidding, targeting, etc.) and using machine learning to solve real-world problems
Experience with search/query processing for ads product development
Strong programming skills
An excitement and willingness to learn new tools and techniques
Lead model development without supervision
Strong communication skills and the ability to excel in a closely collaborative team environment

Great to Haves

Highly recommended: Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, or related STEM fields
Ability to quickly implement innovative algorithms from an academic paper

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Salary Range
California / New York: the pay range for this role is $173,000 - $238,000 per year.
Colorado / Washington / New Jersey: the pay range for this role is $156,000 - $214,500 per year.
This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.