Machine Learning Engineer

Who you are

• 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

What the job involves

• 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, working closely with our Machine Learning Platform and Research teams. Grow ML knowledge across the team and support the scalability of our production models

Benefits

• Wellness: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. We also cover some of the cost for your dependents as well.
• Compensation: Generous compensation, including a competitive base salary and equity. Whatnot offers monthly reimbursement for internet and phone costs, along with a one-time home office set-up allowance. Whatnot offers a pension plan and matches employee contributions of up to 4% of the employee’s base salary.
• Recharge: Whatnot gives you the freedom to take time off as you see fit. And, we take company-wide Winter and Summer breaks so we can recharge. Whatnot provides a monthly allowance for wellness expenses. We know that to take care of our customers, we have to take care of ourselves. Supplemental health and life insurance coverage comes standard at Whatnot. 16 weeks of paid parental leave, and an additional one-month gradual return-to-work period.* Plus an additional childcare allowance, and a lifetime allowance for family planning, including adoption and fertility expenses. *The leave allowances provided by Whatnot may be dictated / informed by your country’s legal requirements,
• Flexibility: As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together.