Senior Applied Researcher

Requirements:

• MS/PhD in Computer Science or related area with 6+ years of relevant work experience (or BS/BA with 8+ years) in Engineering / Machine Learning / AI
• Extensive development experience, preferably in a ML/AI technology environment (Python, PyTorch, etc.)
• Experience with using cloud services, big data pipelines and databases
• Experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and industrial recommender systems
• Experience in production engineering practices and software development in an OO language (Scala, Java, etc.)
• Previous publications experience with academic papers, patents/IP, or technical blogs is a plus

What you'll be doing:

• Develop agentic workflows, evaluations, and models for a variety of surfaces at eBay
• Work with a team of applied researchers and engineers with deep expertise in natural language processing, large language models / AI / agentic workflows, recommender systems, and ML production engineering
• Influence how people will interact with recommender systems in the future, and how recommender systems technology will evolve
• Work with unique and large datasets of unstructured multimodal data representing eBay's vast and varied inventory, and millions of users
• Develop and deploy state of the art AI models
• Deploy big data technology and large-scale data pipelines
• Drive marketplace Gross Merchandise Value (GMB) through iterative A/B testing

Nice to Haves:

• Previous publications experience with academic papers, patents/IP, or technical blogs is a plus

Perks and Benefits:

• eBay is an equal opportunity employer promoting diversity and inclusion
• If accommodations are needed, they can be requested
• Commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities
• Use of cookies and AI tools for administrative tasks in the hiring process