Staff Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer - Search, Personalization, Ads

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, ranking, search, recommendations, ads, logistics, underwriting, and more - all with the goal of helping local retail thrive. 

As a member of the Discovery Data team you’ll be responsible for one of the following areas: 

• Search: Optimizing search through query understanding, retrieval, ranking, post-ranking and whole-page optimization with state-of-art technologies including embeddings, graph learning, deep learning and large language models (LLMs).
• Personalization: Personalizing recommendation surfaces through embeddings, near-real-time / streaming signals, explore-exploit, and diversification.
• Ads / Sponsored Products: Joining a newly established team building Ads Delivery and Advertiser Optimization from the ground up and tackling challenges in ads targeting, retrieval, prediction/ranking, bidding, pacing, and auction design. 

Our team already includes experienced Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers from Uber, Airbnb, Square, Facebook, LinkedIn and Pinterest. We're a lean, talented team with high opportunity for direct product impact and ownership. 

You’re excited about this role because… 

• You’ll be able to work on cutting-edge search / personalization / ads problems combining a wide variety of data about our retailers, brands and products
• You want to use machine learning to help local retailers and independent brands succeed 
• You want to be a foundational team member of a fast growing company
• You like to solve challenging problems related to a two-sided marketplace 

Qualifications:

• Experience with leading cross-team and cross-functional technical strategy and roadmap, solving long-term open-ended problems, and consistently driving significant business impact for the whole org.
• 5+ years of industry experience using machine learning to solve real-world problems
• Experience and strong understanding of search / personalization / ads for product development 
• Strong programming skills 
• An excitement and willingness to learn new tools and techniques 
• Experience with deep learning 
• The ability to contribute to team strategy and to lead model development without supervision 
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with others 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 state of the art algorithms from an academic paper

Salary Range:

Canada: the pay range for this role is $184,000 to $253,000 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