Applied Researcher (T25)

Location: Bengaluru, India

Category: Engineering

About the Role

Join eBay's Product Knowledge Science team as an Applied Researcher (T25) in Bengaluru, where you'll drive the tech-driven, customer-centric transformation of global e-commerce. This role sits at the epicenter of eBay's vast Big Data ecosystem, encompassing listings, transactions, products, and knowledge graphs that power millions of buyers and sellers across 190 markets. Tackle cutting-edge challenges like Image Quality scoring, Automatic Taxonomy Improvement, Entity Resolution for hierarchical entities, and Conflict Resolution, while contributing to advanced language modeling with opportunities for publications and patents.

Key Responsibilities

• Help define and refine project scopes, goals, and metrics for eBay's Product Knowledge systems
• Seek scientifically valid solutions that deliver real value to eBay's buyers and sellers
• Carefully measure output and impact to learn and improve e-commerce data processes
• Collaborate with Operations team to ensure quality of human-labeled data for marketplace applications
• Build Machine Learning models and data pipelines for insightful eBay solutions
• Engage with eBay Science community to promote standard scientific methodologies
• Present key technical and novel research work in public forums and conferences
• Improve, automate, and scale data-heavy processes like Image Quality scoring and Automatic Taxonomy Improvement
• Tackle Entity Resolution and Conflict Resolution for hierarchical entities in eBay's knowledge graphs
• Contribute to cutting-edge language modeling techniques for global e-commerce innovation

Required Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech with 5+ years of relevant industry experience in machine learning or data science
• Post Graduate degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or Mathematics with 3+ years of relevant experience
• Industrial experience with classification, regression, NLP, clustering, Deep Learning/Neural Networks, or Reinforcement Learning
• Experience in production-grade coding in Python or Java
• Experience with Big Data processing frameworks such as Hadoop, SQL, or Spark
• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to handle complex data-heavy processes in e-commerce contexts

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 or more related publications in quality conferences or journals
• Open source tool building or commits to popular projects
• Experience with Language Models and Knowledge Graph building
• Background in entity resolution, taxonomy improvement, or image quality scoring
• Proven track record of contributions to cutting-edge research with patents

Required Skills

• Machine Learning model building
• Data Science and Big Data Analytics
• Python or Java production coding
• Hadoop, SQL, Spark frameworks
• NLP and Language Models
• Deep Learning/Neural Networks
• Classification and Regression
• Clustering and Reinforcement Learning
• Knowledge Graph construction
• Entity Resolution and Conflict Resolution
• Image Quality scoring
• Automatic Taxonomy Improvement
• Scientific methodology and metrics definition
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Verbal and written communication
• Project scoping and impact measurement

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary with stock grants and yearly bonus
• Healthy work culture promoting business impact and personal well-being
• Part of a force for good, with eBay's commitment to employees, customers, and global sustainability
• Opportunities for publications, patents, and professional growth in e-commerce tech
• Collaborative environment with passionate innovators in Bengaluru
• Equal opportunity employment with accommodations for disabilities
• Strong focus on reinventing e-commerce for enthusiasts worldwide
• Access to eBay's vast Big Data systems and knowledge graphs for impactful work

eBay Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.