Instacart · 10 months ago
Machine Learning Engineer II - Ads Response Prediction
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry, Mid Level
$179K/yr - $199K/yr
1+ years expInstacart is an online grocery platform that offers same-day delivery and pickup services for retailers and consumers. As a Machine Learning Engineer II, you will collaborate with senior engineers and product leaders to develop and enhance Instacart's ads systems using machine learning, focusing on areas like ads selection, ranking, and pricing.
Delivery ServiceE-CommerceGroceryShopping
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and deploy machine learning solutions including data pipelines, model architectures and serving integrations to tackle practical challenges in the ads organization
Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and infrastructure engineers to deeply understand business needs and create impactful ML applications
Actively engage with diverse stakeholders to ensure that solutions are well-integrated and aligned with business goals
Push the envelope on our operational efficiency by continually refining and advancing our algorithms and models
Qualification
Required
Have a graduate degree (masters or PhD) in artificial intelligence, machine learning, recommendation systems or equivalent self study and experience
Have strong programming skills in Python and fluency in data manipulation (SQL, Spark, Pandas) and Machine Learning (scikit-learn, XGBoost) and Deep Learning (Torch, Keras/Tensorflow) tools. Acquaintance or willing to learn GoLang
Have strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability
Are a strong communicator who can collaborate with diverse stakeholders across all levels
Preferred
Have 1-2 years of industry experience using machine learning to solve real-world problems with large datasets
Knowledge of sequential modeling, Transformer architecture and generative retrieval
Familiarity with LLM integrations, prompt engineering and productivity tooling
Experience in building large scale online recommendation systems
Benefits
New hire equity grant
Annual refresh grants
Company
Instacart
Instacart is an online grocery platform that offers same-day delivery and pickup services for retailers and consumers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.92BKey Investors
Andreessen Horowitz,D1 Capital Partners,Fidelity,Sequoia Capital,T. Rowe PriceD1 Capital Partners,Valiant Peregrine FundT. Rowe Price
2023-09-19IPO
2021-11-01Private Equity· $232M
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Leadership Team
Chris Rogers
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Leonardo
Co-Founder
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