CareerPlan

Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist - Brand Growth & Marketplace Quality

San FranciscoFull-time$247k–$339k2026-10-26 → 2026-11-11
No visa sponsorship

Core

Lead applied AI/ML scientists to develop algorithmic solutions for recommender systems, spend optimization, LTV predictions, and marketplace quality for a two-sided wholesale platform.

Role type

Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist (Tech Lead)

Builds

Production ML models for personalization, recommendations, spend optimization, and marketplace quality enforcement.

Domain

E-commerce / Marketplace / Retail

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Causal inference, predictive/LTV modeling, recommendations, information extraction, entity resolution, deep learning, LLMs, multi-modal learning, human-in-the-loop training

Preferred skills

Tech lead management, marketplace growth, incentive optimization, trust and quality systems

Technologies

LLMs, deep learning frameworks, embedding models

Responsibilities

Drive data science vision, strategy, and execution end-to-end; Develop personalized recommendation, retrieval, and ranking models; Optimize marketing and acquisition spend through targeting and causal inference; Predict lifetime value to prioritize sales and acquisition; Improve cold-start recommendations and exploration; Extract insights from internal and external data to enrich leads; Build detection and quality systems to reduce bad experiences; Re-engage users through personalized marketing; Mentor or manage Senior Applied AI/ML Scientists and Analytics Engineers.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities