• Innovate with cutting-edge techniques: Explore sequence modeling, embeddings, and multi-modal modeling to drive the next generation of recommender systems.

• Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with product managers, engineers, and data scientists to align recommendation strategies with business objectives and user needs.

• Tackle recommendation-specific challenges: Solve key issues such as the cold-start problem, data sparsity, product compatibility and seasonality in dynamic environments.

• Advance the ML community at Wayfair: Contribute to internal knowledge sharing, author technical documentation, and represent Wayfair at top ML conferences like NeurIPS and RecSys.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's or advanced degree (Master’s, PhD) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.

• 3-6 years of experience as an ML engineer, applied scientist, or research scientist, with a proven track record of delivering ML projects autonomously and driving measurable business impact, particularly in recommendations, search, or ranking.

• Expertise in recommendation systems, including candidate generation, ranking algorithms, and user-item modeling.

• Deep understanding of collaborative filtering, sequence modeling, and embedding-based personalization.

• Experience with end-to-end project ownership, including collaboration with business partners and strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong proficiency in Python and/or Java for building and deploying ML-driven recommendation systems.

• Experience deploying machine learning models in production environments, with a focus on cloud-based solutions such as GCP (BigQuery, GCS, Vertex AI, Composer), as well as workflow orchestration tools like Airflow, model tracking using MLflow, and containerization technologies like Docker.

Company:

Wayfair is a retail store that offers a wide range of home products such as outdoor, bedding, lighting, and appliances with online services. Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Public Company. Wayfair has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.