Data Scientist III

Our Mission

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Day to Day

As a Staff Data Scientist, you will be a team lead on the Marketplace Efficiency - Job Reach team. Your team will be responsible for maintaining and improving a healthy marketplace for job advertisers. You will own one of the team’s major workstreams, help drive technical direction for the team, and guide other members of the team to achieve product/technical goals. On a daily basis, you will explore data and formulate problem statements, develop and deploy predictive models while monitoring them in production, execute high-quality experiments, and guide the team on the same. Additionally, you will partner with cross-functional teams, evangelize your team's work, and stay updated with the latest advancements in the field.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to enhance and optimize search algorithms for improved accuracy, relevance, and overall user experience.
• Experiment with Proof of Concept Machine Learning model improvements, scale them to production, and run iterative A/B experiments to improve our matching technology while partnering with other teams.
• Define and clarify project priorities, deliverables, and success criteria in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical collaborators, facilitating effective communication and comprehension of project goals and outcomes.
• Mentor and grow other software engineers, data scientists, and Machine Learning Engineers across teams.
• Break down larger Machine Learning initiatives into pieces that deliver incremental business value and guide the team through implementing them.
• Represent Indeed at major Machine Learning conferences, such as Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), and the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR).

Skills/Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics
• 5+ years of industry experience as an AI Engineer, Data Scientist, or Machine Learning Engineer
• Prior success in deploying impactful Machine Learning solutions to large-scale production systems, while partnering across teams
• Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Sense of ownership and accountability as a key contributor in the technical and product domains
• Knowledge and practical experience working on Deep Learning Libraries (like Torch, Tensorflow, etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English, effective with technical and business audiences

Salary Range Transparency

Austin, Metro Area 164,000 - 238,000 USD per year

New York City, Metro Area 179,000 - 259,000 USD per year

Seattle, Metro Area 183,000 - 266,000 USD per year

San Francisco, Metro Area 191,000 - 276,000 USD per year

US Remote 164,000 - 238,000 USD per year

Scottsdale Metro Area 155,800 - 226,100 USD per year

Salary Range Disclaimer

The salary range for this role reflects the minimum and maximum compensation for the role. Where applicable, offers are typically made between the range minimum and the range midpoint. Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process. The range(s) listed is just one component of Indeed's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include quarterly bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), a Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits.

Benefits - Health, Work/Life Harmony, & Wellbeing

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