RemoteLeaf Logo
Log in Sign up

Staff Applied Scientist, Search & Discovery

1 month, 1 week ago
Anywhere
Full-time
Lead
Data Scientist
Data Science and Analytics
Machine Learning NLP
Apply Now
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
View All Jobs 4

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.

Interested in this position?

Apply directly on the company website

Apply Now

Similar Roles

Peerspace

Senior Data Scientist

Peerspace 11-50 Real Estate

Peerspace is hiring a Senior Data Scientist to help Product, Engineering, Design, and business teams understand users, product performance, and its two-sided venue marketplace through analytics and experimentation.

United States Full-time Senior Data Scientist
$165k-$175k
Apache Airflow Git Julia Looker Python R SQL Statistics Tableau
15 hours, 9 minutes ago
Spotify

Data Scientist - Music Promotion

Spotify Media

Spotify is hiring a Data Scientist for its New York-based Discovery Mode team to use product analytics, experimentation, and customer insights to improve promotional tools that help artists and labels reach listeners.

United States Full-time Mid Level Data Scientist
$95k-$135k
dbt GCP Python SQL Tableau
15 hours, 9 minutes ago
Fetch

Director, Retention Analytics

Fetch 11-50 IT Services

Fetch is hiring a retention analytics leader to build the measurement, modeling, experimentation, and forecasting function for its new Loyalty & Retention organization and guide decisions that improve member retention and satisfaction.

Anywhere Full-time Executive Data Scientist
$140k-$150k
Python R SQL
15 hours, 24 minutes ago
LemnisTM

Senior Data Scientist

LemnisTM Education Services

Mainstay, a division of Lemnis, is hiring a primarily remote Senior Data Scientist to identify predictive signals, analyze conversational data, and build trustworthy data products that help education partners and end users take action.

Anywhere Full-time Senior Data Scientist
$150k-$165k
Databricks dbt Git Looker Machine Learning Python Snowflake SQL Tableau
15 hours, 54 minutes ago

You're on a roll! Sign up now to keep applying.

Sign Up

Already have an account? Log in

Used by 14,729+ remote workers