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Senior Machine Learning Scientist - SearchApply remote type Open to Remote locations London, UK time type Full time posted on Posted 22 Days Ago job requisition id JR4886
Company Description
Depop is the community-powered circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy, sell and discover desirable secondhand fashion. With a community of over 35 million users, Depop is on a mission to make fashion circular, redefining fashion consumption. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in London, with offices in New York and Manchester, and in 2021 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy.Find out more atwww.depop.com
Our mission is to make fashion circular and to create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, no matter who they are or where they’re from. Just as our platform connects people globally, we believe our workplace should reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. We thrive on the power of different perspectives and experiences, knowing they drive innovation and bring us closer to our users. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, providing employment opportunities without regard to age, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity, marriage and civil partnership, or any other protected status. We’re continuously evolving our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and are open to accommodating any needs you might have.
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Job Description
Depop is looking for a versatile Senior Machine Learning Scientist to join our Search & Ranking team in the UK. As part of the team you will work alongside a Product Manager, Backend Engineers and other ML Scientists playing a key role in building innovative models to power Depop’s search engine and ranking across the app.
Responsibilities:
You will:
Research, design and deliver ML solutions to take on problems within the search & discovery space:
Understand requirements from various partners across the business, designing machine learning solutions to address business problems, such as:
How can we surface relevant results for this search?
How can we show users personalised results in real time?
What is the right price for this user?
Set up and conduct large-scale experiments to test hypotheses and drive product development
Keep up to date with pioneering research, contribute to Machine Learning groups, and apply new techniques for NLP, image processing, etc.
Participate in team ceremonies (follow the agile cadence, technical whiteboarding sessions, product road mapping, etc)
Qualifications
Skills and experience
Significant experience (3+ years) working as a Data Scientist, with a track record of delivering models to solve industry-scale problem
Experience with experiment design and conducting A/B tests
Proficiency in Python, with the ability to write production-grade code and a good understanding of data engineering & MLOps
Solid understanding of machine learning concepts, familiarity working with common frameworks such as sci-kit-learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch
Collaborative and humble great teammate with an ability to work wimulti-functionalnal teams, including technical and non-technical stakeholders
Passion for learning new skills and staying up-to-date with ML algorithms
Bonus points
Experience with Databricks and PySpark
Experience with deep learning & large language models
Experience with traditional, semantic, and hybrid search frameworks (e.g. Elasticsearch)
Experience working with AWS or another cloud platform (GCP/Azure)
Additional Information
Health + Mental Wellbeing
PMI and cash plan healthcare access with Bupa
Subsidised counselling and coaching with Self Space
Cycle to Work scheme with options from Evans or the Green Commute Initiative
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 confidential support
Mental Health First Aiders across the business for support and signposting
Work/Life Balance:
25 days annual leave with option to carry over up to 5 days
1 company-wide day off per quarter
Impact hours: Up to 2 days additional paid leave per year for volunteering
Fully paid 4 week sabbatical after completion of 5 years of consecutive service with Depop, to give you a chance to recharge or do something you love.
Flexible Working: MyMode hybrid-working model with Flex, Office Based, and Remote options*role dependant
All offices are dog-friendly
Ability to work abroad for 4 weeks per year in UK tax treaty countries
Family Life:
18 weeks of paid parental leave for full-time regular employees
IVF leave, shared parental leave, and paid emergency parent/carer leave
Learn + Grow:
Budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions, and more
Mentorship and programmes to upskill employees
Your Future:
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Depop is the community-powered fashion marketplace to buy and sell circular fashion, with over 30 million registered users in more than 150 countries. Depop is a place for anyone to discover and celebrate their style on their own terms, and to feel good about their fashion choices by extending the lives of millions of garments.
The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in London with offices in Manchester and New York. Depop has approximately 400 employees dedicated to its mission of building the world’s most diverse progressive home of fashion, that’s kinder on the planet and kinder to people. In 2021, Depop became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy - the global marketplace for unique and creative goods - and continues to operate as a standalone company.
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