Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Summary

Join Instacart as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer and leverage your expertise to tackle complex issues within our marketplace systems. You will design, develop, and deploy machine learning solutions for areas like routing optimization, pricing, and dispatch. Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to create impactful ML applications. Actively engage with stakeholders to ensure solutions align with business goals. Continuously refine and advance algorithms and models to enhance operational efficiency. This role offers flexibility with remote work options and competitive compensation and benefits.

Requirements

• Have a graduate degree (masters or PhD) in artificial intelligence, machine learning, operations research or equivalent self study and experience
• Have 3+ years of industry experience using machine learning to solve real-world problems with large datasets
• Have strong programming skills in Python and fluency in data manipulation (SQL, Pandas) and Machine Learning (scikit-learn, XGBoost, Keras/Tensorflow) tools
• Have strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability
• Are a strong communicator who can collaborate with diverse stakeholders across all levels

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy machine learning solutions to tackle practical challenges in the marketplace
• Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and backend 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of deep learning frameworks and methodologies
• Experience in applying machine learning and optimization techniques to solve marketplace problems

Benefits

• Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work
• This role is remote
• This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants