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About Team and RoleWe’re building the future of eCommerce product discovery, and we need a data-driven, AI-curious problem solver to join our team.
This is an exciting, hands-on role at the intersection of data analytics, AI/ML experimentation, and prompt engineering—ideal for an early-career professional who loves writing SQL queries, building Python scripts, and experimenting with LLMs to solve real-world problems. You’ll be embedded in the Product Knowledge org, helping us clean, structure, and optimize taxonomy, ontology, and catalog data for next-gen search and recommendation engines.
If you are eager to learn, thrive in fast-moving environments, and want to work directly with AI/ML, Product, and Engineering teams, this is the perfect place to accelerate your career.
What You’ll DoAnalyze eCommerce Product Data: Run SQL queries and Python scripts to analyze taxonomy, ontology, and catalog data, identifying gaps and opportunities for search improvement.
Experiment with LLMs: Assist in building and testing prompt engineering workflows to automate data enrichment, product classification, and taxonomy validation.
Support Model Evaluation: Help test and evaluate the performance of product knowledge models, semantic search solutions, and embeddings against defined metrics.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with data scientists, product managers, and engineers to execute data strategies and refine AI-based classification models.
Build Quick Prototypes: Move fast to test data hypotheses, run experiments, and help validate new structured data ideas for better product discovery.
Experience: 2+ years of hands-on experience in a data analytics, product analytics, or junior data science role.
Core Technical Skills: Solid proficiency in SQL and Python for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis.
Eagerness to Learn: Strong interest in eCommerce search, recommendations, or knowledge graphs (prior exposure is a big plus).
AI/LLM Curiosity: Hands-on familiarity or side-project experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, or RAG concepts.
Analytical Mindset: Ability to look at data, spot patterns, and clearly communicate findings to immediate team members.
Growth Mindset: High energy, adaptability, and the ability to thrive and pick up new skills quickly in a fast-paced environment.
Kickstart Your AI Career: Get hands-on, real-world experience with AI/ML and LLMs in a high-scale environment.
Learn from the Best: Work directly alongside senior AI, Data Science, and Product teams.
Fast-Track Growth: Build foundational skills rapidly in a supportive, high-velocity, startup-like culture.
Make a Visible Impact: See your data analysis directly improve how millions of users discover products.
Additional Details
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Skills Required
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in data analytics, product analytics, or junior data science role
- Proficiency in SQL for data extraction and analysis
- Proficiency in Python for data manipulation and scripting
- Hands-on familiarity or side-project experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, or RAG concepts
- Prior exposure or interest in eCommerce search, recommendations, taxonomy, or knowledge graphs
- Ability to analyze data, spot patterns, and clearly communicate findings
- Ability to build quick prototypes, run experiments, and validate structured data ideas
- Collaborate effectively with data scientists, product managers, and engineers
- Growth mindset, high energy, adaptability, and eagerness to learn
eBay Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about eBay and has not been reviewed or approved by eBay.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage begin on the date of hire, complemented by mental health resources, an EAP, disability coverage, FSAs, and wellness initiatives.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A robust mix of PTO, paid holidays, flexible work styles, parental leave, and a four‑week paid sabbatical after five years supports work‑life balance.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Total compensation commonly includes stock components, with access to an employee stock purchase plan at a discount and stock awards enhancing overall packages.
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What We Do
eBay Inc. is a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world. We exist to enable economic opportunity for individuals, entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations of all sizes. Our portfolio of brands includes eBay Marketplace and eBay Classifieds Group, operating in 190 markets around the world. We offer sellers the ability to grow a business with little barrier to entry regardless of size, background or geographic location. We never compete with our sellers. We win when our sellers succeed. Buyers who shop on our Marketplace and Classifieds platforms enjoy a highly personalized experience with an unparalleled selection at great value.
