Looking for a company that inspires passion, courage and creativity, where you can be on the team shaping the future of global commerce? Want to shape how millions of people buy, sell, connect, and share around the world? If you’re interested in joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to crafting an ambitious and inclusive work environment, join eBay – a company you can be proud to be with.

Do you want to make a huge impact on a large e-commerce website? Are you interested in solving groundbreaking research problems while impacting all eBay e-commerce channels? Does working with Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, large-scale optimization, and machine learning excite you? If you answered yes, the Core AI team at eBay is the right place for you!

We are looking for Applied Researchers in Machine Learning with a diverse set of backgrounds to join us.

With hundreds of millions of buyers and sellers, 1B+ of live listings at any point of time, millions of daily transactions, and billions of daily queries, eBay provides a phenomenal playground for researchers to work with data and conduct experiments at scale. We actively pursue ideas that result in scalable algorithms and systems.

You will work in different areas of Machine Learning (ML), focusing on customer and item listing data related to applications at eBay. You will approach some of the most interesting AI problems eBay is facing in this area. Join our tightly-knit team of standouts who enjoy working on large-scale, challenging, and exciting problems. We work in focused and collaborative project teams following an agile methodology. You will feel like you’re working in a startup, while at the same time having the resources of a large company.

Areas of work include (but not limited to):

Deep Learning
Transfer learning and domain adaptation
Language Models
MUST HAVE experience in Knowledge Graphs
Weakly Supervised and Semi-Supervised Learning
Behavioral modeling

Responsibilities:

Actively leads on one or more technical areas of research and development of ML technologies
Develop and improve ML applications
Work with engineers and other multi-functional teams, including Applied Researchers, Project Managers, QA, etc.
Highly visible across major Engineering organizations, and regularly visible through external forums such as conferences, workshops, or open source initiatives
Leads collaboration with other research teams in eBay to build the best of breed experience
Research and stay up-to-date with state of the art in Deep Learning and ML. Publishing is strongly encouraged

Requirements:

Ph.D. program in Computer Science, statistics, mathematics or related disciplines or a Master degree plus three years of research experience
Can rapidly experiment and prototype in Python and is capable of working on production systems
Hands-on experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow
Hands on experience with ML algorithms
Experience in research and development of knowledge graphs
Proficient in machine learning with a focus on neural networks
Experience in large scale research projects that resulted in working and scalable products
Strong research track record, publications in at least one outstanding machine learning or NLP conference such as ACL, NeurIPS, EMNLP, ICML, ICASSP, KDD, AAAI, etc.
Collaboration skills and ability to influence a multi-functional team to deliver results
Strong written and oral communication skills
Excellent analytical skills
Experience in mentoring and guiding junior researchers and research engineers is preferred

What do we offer:

A comprehensive field of responsibility
Competitive salary and excellent benefits
A diverse team with exciting personalities, passion for e-commerce, integrity and a good sense of humor
An excellent working environment with lots of flexibility

Base Salary: $163,000-$200,000

This range represents the expected base salary range for this role. At eBay, base salary is just one element of your total compensation, which may also include bonuses and stock. More information on other compensation elements will be provided to employees who receive an employment offer.

Benefits are an essential part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, eBay offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs to meet your needs. Including maternal & paternal leave, paid sabbatical, and plans to help ensure your financial security today and in the years ahead because we know feeling financially secure during your working years and through retirement is important.

Here at eBay, we love creating opportunities for others by connecting people from widely diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and geographies. So, being diverse and inclusive isn’t just something we strive for, it is who we are, and part of what we do each and every single day. We want to ensure that as an employee, you feel eBay is a place where, no matter who you are, you feel safe, included, and that you have the opportunity to bring your unique self to work. To learn about eBay’s Diversity & Inclusion click here: https://www.ebayinc.com/company/diversity-inclusion/

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