Senior Machine Learning Engineer I, Ads Quality

$170,000 - $200,000/Yr

Etsy - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Etsy is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer I to join the Ads Quality team, focusing on building user-centric machine learning systems for a two-sided marketplace. This role involves developing ML innovations in digital advertising to enhance the buyer and seller experience on Etsy, which serves over 90 million buyers and 5 million sellers. The engineer will work on sponsored search and recommendation products, optimizing ad placements and budgets for sellers.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with product engineering teams to communicate ideas and model capabilities to product managers.
• Prototype, optimize, and productionize large-scale ML models to deliver key results.
• Conduct A/B experiments to validate the efficiency of ML models and pipelines.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, ML engineers, full-stack engineers, and designers to deliver content to tens of millions of users.
• Push the state of the art in deep learning and machine learning to improve buyer and seller experiences.

Requirements

• Experience in building ML products through the entire ML lifecycle: scoping, prototyping, model development, deploying, monitoring, and debugging in production systems.
• Proficiency in modern ML libraries such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Strong skills in databases, SQL, and scripting languages.
• Ability to write understandable, testable code with a focus on maintainability.
• Experience in natural language processing, image processing, information retrieval, or deep learning.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with A/B testing methodologies.
• Familiarity with ad tech or digital advertising.
• Knowledge of user experience design principles.

Benefits

• Equity package
• Annual performance bonus
• Comprehensive benefits supporting employees and their families