Shipt · 14 hours ago
Data Scientist, Search Science (Ads)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry, Mid Level
$83K/yr - $167K/yr
1+ years expShipt is a retail tech company that connects people to reliable, high-quality delivery with a personal touch. As a Data Scientist on the Search Science team, you will focus on improving sponsored search capabilities to help grow ad revenue and contribute to a unified ranking system.
DeliveryE-CommerceGrocerySame Day Delivery
Responsibilities
Help improve the relevance and ranking of sponsored products to increase ad revenue while maintaining a great customer experience
Analyze performance data and identify opportunities to improve sponsored product placement
Conduct data analysis to identify areas for improvement across search and ads
Build dashboards, run exploratory analyses, and present insights to stakeholders to inform product and strategy decisions
Contribute to models that balance organic relevance with ad monetization
Help implement and test ranking improvements using established ML techniques
Help integrate user signals (purchase history, preferences) into search to improve sponsored relevance for individual customers
Support the development of retrieval systems that surface the right products, including work with both traditional (lexical) and newer (vector-based) approaches
Help build evaluation pipelines and run A/B tests to measure the impact of model changes
Qualification
Required
Degree in a STEM field (Computer Science, Statistics, etc.) with coursework or projects in machine learning
1–3 years of experience applying data science or machine learning to real-world problems (internships count)
Strong coding skills in Python and SQL
Familiarity with ML frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow) and their application to ranking, recommendations, or NLP
Understanding of ranking concepts and experience with feature engineering
Comfort working with large datasets and drawing actionable insights from data
Machine Learning Algorithms
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Python (Programming Language)
Statistical Machine Learning
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Benefits
Employees (and eligible family members) are covered by medical, dental, vision and more.
Employees may enroll in our company’s 401k plan.
Employees will also be eligible to receive discretionary vacation for exempt team members, paid holidays throughout the calendar year and paid sick leave.
Other compensation includes eligibility for an annual bonus and the potential for restricted stock units based on role.
Company
Shipt
Shipt is a grocery delivery service that lets members order groceries and alcohol from their local store for delivery right to their door. It is a sub-organization of Target.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Shipt has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (40)
2024 (66)
2023 (46)
2022 (83)
2021 (78)
2020 (40)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$65.2MKey Investors
Greycroft
2017-12-13Acquired
2017-06-05Series B· $40M
2016-07-27Series A· $20M
Leadership Team
Smrutha Ipparthi
Chief Technology & Product Officer
Recent News
2025-12-16
2025-11-05
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