Software Engineer: Search Relevance | Etsy, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY, United States
Software Engineer: Search Relevance
Brooklyn, NY, United States
The Search Relevance Engineer will use their background
in Information Retrieval, Machine Learning or Data Mining to design and
run search ranking experiments and develop products that improve the
search experience on Etsy.
Etsy is looking for a Search Relevance Engineer
to join the Search Team to improve the state of the art with search and
discovery on Etsy by analyzing user data and building classifiers and
algorithms that connect buyers and sellers in meaningful ways using a
range of techniques.
This is a job for someone with a background in Information Retrieval, Machine Learning or Statistics and someone who’s ego is tied to the end product, not the process.
The Search Team creates the best experiences for our buyers and optimizes performance for our sellers. Our work focuses on improvements to search ranking, query understanding, spelling correction, auto completion and query intent recognition.
Across the team we work at various times on hard systems problems and bit fiddling to tune performance, staring at data trying to find out why poor quality search results are showing up, or working with designers to make beautiful usable interfaces so that we can have a better conversation with our users.
You consider critical thinking to be among your core competencies. Rigor is important to you. You are prone to quixotic behavior. You dedicate time and effort communicating nuance to Manichaeans. Honesty, integrity, and a firm grip on reality are much more important to you than being right. You recognize the inherent limitations of your own wetware, and you do your best to work around them. You find argument exhilarating.
We’d love to hear from you if you have
Most importantly, however, we’d like to hear from you if you are thoughtful and you ship.
This is a job for someone with a background in Information Retrieval, Machine Learning or Statistics and someone who’s ego is tied to the end product, not the process.
About the Team
The Search Team creates the best experiences for our buyers and optimizes performance for our sellers. Our work focuses on improvements to search ranking, query understanding, spelling correction, auto completion and query intent recognition.
Across the team we work at various times on hard systems problems and bit fiddling to tune performance, staring at data trying to find out why poor quality search results are showing up, or working with designers to make beautiful usable interfaces so that we can have a better conversation with our users.
About You
You consider critical thinking to be among your core competencies. Rigor is important to you. You are prone to quixotic behavior. You dedicate time and effort communicating nuance to Manichaeans. Honesty, integrity, and a firm grip on reality are much more important to you than being right. You recognize the inherent limitations of your own wetware, and you do your best to work around them. You find argument exhilarating.
We’d love to hear from you if you have
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a strong background in Machine Learning, Statistics or Information Retrieval
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experience with large data sets, Hadoop, MapReduce, Cascading or Scalding
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experience programming in languages like Java or Scala
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experience working with large-scale distributed systems
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experience with Lucene/Solr or similar IR systems.
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an interest in user-facing product development and design
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an understanding of A/B testing and statistical measurement
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a strong background in visual and written communication
Most importantly, however, we’d like to hear from you if you are thoughtful and you ship.
Whats Next
If you’re into Etsy and think you’d be able to contribute to the search team send in a resume with a cover letter. We’d love to get a link to your github repo or see some examples of past work and what you’re interested in.https://www.etsy.com/careers/job/oEhEYfwh
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