Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Job Description

Our Opportunity: Advertising is a critical component of the

ecommerce ecosystem and provides a critical revenue stream to the company. At

Chewy, our Sponsored Ads Technology team based out of Bellevue, WA is looking

for a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to help launch various innovative

ads-offerings for Chewy onsite and offsite sponsored ads. As a member to the

Sponsored Advertising team, you’ll be part of core technical team and will

influence technical strategy across product search and discovery, relevance and

ranking, prediction, and auction of large selection of sponsored ads offering

onsite and offsite. You’ll be at forefront of driving technology driven business

impact. Machine learning and deep-learning models will influence selection,

relevance, ranking, click-through prediction modelling, auction-dynamics,

keywords recommendation, campaign optimization, ads channel performance, ads

performance maximization and wide array of engaging data-science latest

methodologies including but not limited to LLMs and generative AI. Sponsored Ads

creates a win-win ecosystem for shoppers, brand owners and Chewy! Shoppers ("Pet

Parents") are offered a range of alternate options to help them choose better

and learn about new products, new brands, new promotions, and different price

points. Brand owners and advertisers get to showcase their product offerings in

the front row for their target audience (proud pet owners) and maximize their

reach. Come be part of the Sponsored Ads team’s impactful journey at Chewy! What

you'll do: You will deploy machine learning and data-science to simplify

shopping experience for pet-parents, to maximize reach and discovery of new

products of Chewy vendors and helping create a win-win ecosystem. Directly

influence and collaborate with Product and Engineering leaders to evolve

solutions using applied science to improve selection, ranking, relevance,

deal-offerings, click through prediction models, dynamic bidding, and auction

algorithms for Chewy onsite and offsite advertising solutions. You will lead new

models from ideation to experimentation, and eventually to production delivery

to improve Chewy products offerings and advance applied science applications.

Publish research papers in leading ML/AI/Advertising conferences solving

problems for scale using innovative modelling. Establish high bar on model

performance, establish applied-science implementation best practices and

mentoring junior scientists. Deploy solutions at Chewy scale improving overall

customer engagement and value for Pet Parents. Formalizing proposals and

communicating verbally and in writing to Chewy Senior Leadership and business

customers with varying levels of technical knowledge, educating them about our

research, as well as sharing insights and recommendations. What You'll Need: An

advanced degree (M.S., PhD, or equivalent experience) in Operations Research,

Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science or related field or proven

experience for at least 3 years designing optimization and machine learning

solutions for large scale applications. 8+ years of experience working in

Machine Learning Ability to understand and apply sophisticated mathematics and

DS methodologies. Experience in building distributed pipeline, tuning,

optimizing and evaluation. Experience with Sponsored Ads or Advertisement

domain. Experience with multiple techniques that include Predictive Models (Time

Series and Regression), Linear Programming, and Classification, Search, Ranking

or large-scale embeddings. Ability to translate complex data sets and research

into simple business recommendations. Bonus: Experience in e-commerce or retail.

Prior experience in Advertising systems a huge plus. Experience with ML Services

in AWS (SageMaker, Personalize) or equivalent. The base salary range for this

role is $186,500 - $265,000.00. The specific salary offered to a candidate may

be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the

candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this

position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant. C08+

positions may also be eligible for annual bonus. We offer different types of

insurance and benefits, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability,

hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave,

family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts,

telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many

discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com. Exempt

salary team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team

members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible

for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local

regulations. Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants

will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,

ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age,

disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well

as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under

the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an

accommodation during the application process or to perform these job

requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact

[email protected]. To access Chewy's California CPRA Job Applicant Privacy Policy,

please click here. Watch Here At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted

and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere. Rooted in

our mission to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents

and partners, everywhere, we’re guided by our Chewy Operating Principles (or OPs

for short), which serve as a common framework that drives our character,

capabilities, ingenuity and operations. Our 10 Operating Principles guide us

every day: • Customers First • Deliver Results • Earn Trust • Accelerate Time •

Act as an Owner • Debate Openly; Commit Fully • Build High-Performing Teams •

Keep it Simple • Think Big