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Staff Applied Scientist, Search & Discovery

3 hours, 39 minutes ago
Anywhere
Full-time
Lead
Data Scientist
Data Science and Analytics
Machine Learning NLP
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Material Bank

Material Bank

Material Bank is a marketplace for design professionals and brands in the architecture and design industry. It provides a fast and efficient way to discover and sample materials from hundreds of top brands, with samples delivered the next day for free.

Specialty Retail
251-1K
Founded 2019
$323M raised
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Description

  • Improve search retrieval and ranking so users can find relevant materials and discover new ones.
  • Build recommendation systems from the ground up and determine what to surface, when, and where.
  • Explore behavioral and catalog data to identify the best approaches for the business and domain.
  • Apply query understanding techniques to improve parsing, intent recognition, and semantic search for complex queries.
  • Identify catalog and data quality issues that affect search and recommendation relevance and help resolve them.
  • Prototype formulas, models, and re-ranking approaches and iterate quickly on working versions.
  • Evaluate image-based search and color matching approaches, including perceptual color methods.
  • Build and extend evaluation frameworks, success metrics, and experiments to measure impact.
  • Partner with engineering, product, and catalog teams to turn research into production improvements.

Requirements

  • Track record building search, recommendation, or ranking systems that shipped to real users and improved results.
  • Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, machine learning, statistics, or applied math, or equivalent hands-on experience.
  • Deep understanding of search and recommendation systems, especially retrieval, ranking, and relevance.
  • Strong query understanding and NLP experience, including semantic and embedding-based retrieval.
  • Experience with statistical modeling, experimental design, and hypothesis testing.
  • Hands-on ability to prototype and implement your own ideas; language preference is not specified.
  • Some experience deploying ML or data systems to production, or working closely with teams that do.
  • Experience with multimodal or image-based search and color/perceptual science is preferred.
  • E-commerce or marketplace search and recommendations experience is preferred.
  • Experience managing vendor and in-house systems together is preferred.

Benefits

  • Flexible PTO, sick days, and paid national holidays.
  • Medical, dental, vision, and short-term/long-term disability coverage contributions.
  • Employee assistance program.
  • 401(k) eligibility after 90 days of employment.
  • Hybrid work model with remote, in-person, or mixed schedules.
  • Growth and career development opportunities.
  • A culture that values efficiency, smart automation, small empowered teams, and fast execution.

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