At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.
Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.
Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.
Do you love data? Graphs? Machine Learning? Knowledgeable, collaborative co-workers? Come work at eBay and help us redefine global, online commerce!
Who Are We?The Product Knowledge team is at the epicenter of eBay’s Tech-driven, Customer-centric overhaul. Our team is entrusted with creating and using eBay’s Product Knowledge - a vast Big Data system which is built up of listings, transactions, products, knowledge graphs, and more. Our team has a mix of highly proficient people from multiple fields such as Machine Learning, Data Science, Software Engineering, Operations, and Big Data Analytics. We have a strong culture of collaboration, and plenty of opportunity to learn, make an impact, and grow!
What Will You Do?We are looking for seasoned Applied Researchers to join us and help lead improvements, automation, and scaling of our data-heavy processes. Our Senior Researchers tackle such diverse and challenging projects on Image Quality scoring; Automatic Taxonomy Improvement; Entity Resolution of rich, hierarchical Entities; and Conflict Resolution between different representations of the same Entity. Further, they help us design these separate projects and envision how they come together to create and power new experiences that surprise and delight our Customers. If you love a good challenge, and are good at handling complexity - we’d love to hear from you!
eBay is an amazing company to work for. Being on the team, you can expect to benefit from:
A competitive salary - including stock grants and a yearly bonus
A healthy work culture that promotes business impact and at the same time highly values your personal well-being
Being part of a force for good in this world - eBay truly cares about its employees, its customers, and the world’s population, and takes every opportunity to make this clearly apparent
What you will accomplish:Collaborate with Management and Product Management on shaping the department’s vision and roadmap
Help define and refine project scopes, goals, and metrics
Seek scientifically valid solutions that deliver real value to eBay customers
Carefully measure your output and impact in order to learn and improve over time
Collaborate with Operations team to ensure the quality of any human-labeled data required
Build Machine Learning models and data pipelines to deliver insightful yet practical solutions
Mentor more junior peers, as well as review their work and provide frequent feedback and advice
Promote Scientific rigor and standards, as well as code quality and craftsmanship within the team - especially among your less experienced peers
Present key technical and novel research work in public forums and conferences
Help interview and hire additional, exceptional teammates!
What you will bring:
BE/B.Tech with relevant Industry experience
M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent field with relevant industrial experience in Applied Machine Learning
Industrial experience with multiple of the following: classification, regression, NLP, clustering, Deep Learning / Neural Networks, Reinforcement Learning, or related
Significant Experience in Production-grade coding in a high-level language such as Python or Java
Experience in Big Data processing frameworks, e.g. Hadoop, SQL, Spark
Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills
Thought leadership and mentoring skills
5 or more related publications/patents in quality conferences or journals
Open source tool building/commits to popular threads.
Experience on Language models and KG building
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