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

San Francisco, CA💼 Full-time💰 $246,500–$339,000🗓 2026-08-25 → 2026-09-27

Core

Drive data science vision and execution for a two-sided marketplace, focusing on personalization, recommendations, spend optimization, and marketplace quality/trust.

Role type

Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist (Tech Lead)

Builds

Recommender systems, LTV models, content/retailer embeddings, detection/enforcement systems for marketplace quality

Domain

E-commerce / Two-sided Marketplace / Retail

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Causal inference, Predictive/LTV modeling, Recommendation systems, Information extraction, Deep learning, LLMs, Entity resolution, Programming

Preferred skills

Tech lead management, Marketplace growth, Incentive optimization, Trust and quality systems

Technologies

Multi-modal LLMs, Human-in-the-loop training frameworks

Responsibilities

Drive data science vision and strategy end-to-end; Develop personalized recommendation and ranking models; Optimize marketing and acquisition spend via experimentation; Predict lifetime value to prioritize sales; Improve cold-start recommendations; Extract insights from unstructured data; Build detection systems for counterfeits and policy violations; Re-engage users through personalized marketing; Mentor or manage Senior Applied AI/ML Scientists

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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