Senior Machine Learning Engineer (d/f/m)

Requirements

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
• 7+ years of software design and development experience, tackling non-trivial problems in backend services and/or data pipelines
• Full proficiency in Python; additional hands-on experience with Java is a plus!
• Solid foundation in Computer Science with strong proficiencies in Data Structures, Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, and Software Design
• Experience in designing and operating Big Data processing pipelines, such as: Hadoop, Spark, Hive

Nice to Haves

• Track record of impactful publications and/or patents in machine learning or related areas
• Contributions to open-source ML tools or frameworks
• Experience with modern large language models, graph-based ML, or knowledge graph construction
• Strong presence in scientific communities through talks, panels, or organizing roles

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, deliver, and maintain significant features in data pipelines, ML processing, and/or service infrastructure
• Optimize software performance to achieve the required throughput and/or latency
• Work with your manager, peers, and Product Managers to scope projects and features
• Come up with a sound technical strategy, taking into consideration the project goals, timelines, and expected impact
• Take point on some cross-team efforts, taking ownership of a business problem and ensuring the different teams are in sync and working towards a coherent technical solution
• Take active part in knowledge sharing across the organization - both teaching and learning from others

Perks and Benefits

• Joining a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers
• Opportunity to learn, make an impact, and grow
• Creating and using eBay's Product Knowledge - a vast Big Data system
• Collaborative culture and plenty of learning opportunities
• Building services that provide Search or other Information Retrieval capabilities