Senior Applied ML/AI Scientist (Search)

• As a Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist on the Search team, you will help shape the technical vision, machine-learning algorithm strategy, and system design behind one of our most important growth levers: Search (the primary tool used by customers on any e-commerce site)
• You will advance real-time search and recommendation systems that power next-generation shopping experiences
• You’ll work at the frontier of algorithms, combining query understanding, deep learning, transformer-based sequential modeling, graph neural networks, and structured behavioral data to return hyper-relevant, personalized products and brands for every user query
• This is a rare chance to influence the end-to-end personalized discovery experience at Faire within a high-scale, deeply multi-modal environment, while collaborating closely with a talented team of scientists and engineers
• Build our next-generation Search ranking algorithms by integrating the latest advances in deep learning and machine learning to personalize the retailer discovery journey at Faire
• Leverage LLM to extract multimodal signals (text, visual) to better profile users and their intents
• Partner closely with teams across Faire to experiment and improve the ML models for search ranking and beyond
• Design and productionize natural-language search and discovery systems so that intelligent agents can generate relevant and personalized collections, explain search results, and assist retailers with browsing, filtering, and evaluation
• Share best practices regarding deep learning model development, agent-workflow evaluation, and MLOps, and help teammates level up through code reviews and technical guidance

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare: Including Health, Dental, Vision and Disability for all our locations.
• Time off: Paid time off, holidays and company-wide “Faire Fundays”.
• Parental leave: Generous parental and family leave, as well as fertility support benefits.
• Productivity support: Monthly stipends to help cover work from home connectivity needs.
• Annual learning grant: For personal and professional development, as well as unlimited access to training courses through LinkedIn Learning.
• Thoughtfully designed spaces: All of our offices have been designed with local in mind – from our architects to our coffee blends.
• Fitness and well-being benefits: Including monthly credit towards your wellness-related programmes.
• Mental health benefits: Including free access to Modern Health therapists and resources.
• Charitable matching: Faire will match up to £250 of your charity donations, every year.
• Career planning: Whether you want to grow as a leader, hone your craft or explore a new discipline, our career framework allows space for you to explore.- 5+ years of industry experience building large-scale ML models with business impact and shipping ML solutions to production, including 3+ years in search, recommendation, or ads ranking
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong cross-functional influence that raise the technical bar beyond your immediate team
• A Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related STEM field
• Deep understanding of machine learning best practices (e.g., training/serving, imbalanced data, A/B testing, feature engineering, and feature/model selection) and algorithms (e.g., user modeling, deep learning, and reinforcement learning) with applications in search, recommendation, and advertising domains
• A product-focused mindset and a bias toward execution—moving quickly from research papers to prototypes and production
• Strong programming skills (Python, Java, or equivalent) and hands-on experience with deep-learning libraries (e.g., PyTorch) and big data technologies (e.g., Spark)
• Contributions to open-source ML libraries or peer-reviewed publications in ML/AI
• Industry experience developing and productizing LLM-based applications and systems in the search domain
• Experience using AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Codex) for code development and daily productivity
• Industry experience building search and recommendation systems for e-commerce or two-sided marketplaces
• Familiarity with Kotlin