At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.
Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.
Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.
The Search Ranking and Monetization team is the biggest contributor to eBay’s revenue. We innovate at the heart of ecommerce search and advertising, with the ambitious goal of redefining ecommerce. We craft optimized experiences for buyers and sellers on eBay. We innovate rapidly in this space and there is no shortage of new challenges for motivated individuals.
We are looking for stellar applied researchers to join us and build the next generation of online advertising and search ranking products in eBay search. If you enjoy the scale and technical complexity of advertising and want to be at the frontier of applied research in advertising in e-commerce, join now.
What You Will Accomplish
Seek scientific solutions to highly ambiguous problems by crafting a technical vision and building consensus across teams
Think through complex research problems, simplify where necessary, invent when needed, to drive a principled vision from thought to reality
Drive technical vision, promote standard methodologies, and establish processes in your field across teams
Present key technical and novel research work in public forums and conferences
Mentor junior team members
What You Will Bring
MS or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent
4-8 years (with PhD) or 8-11 years (with MS) of industrial experience in a related field
Strong Industrial experience with one or more of the following: classification, regression, recommendation systems, targeting systems, ranking systems, fraud detection, online advertising, or related
Experience in big data processing, e.g. Hadoop, SQL, Spark
Experience with Python or R, and Java or Scala or C/C++
2 or more related publications in quality conferences or journals
Benefits:
Benefits are an essential part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, eBay offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs to meet your needs. Including maternal & paternal leave, paid sabbatical, and plans to help ensure your financial security today and in the years ahead because we know feeling financially secure during your working years and through retirement is important.
Here at eBay, we love creating opportunities for others by connecting people from widely diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and geographies. So, being diverse and inclusive isn’t just something we strive for, it is who we are, and part of what we do each and every single day. We want to ensure that as an employee, you feel eBay is a place where, no matter who you are, you feel safe, included, and that you have the opportunity to bring your unique self to work.
To learn about eBay’s Diversity & Inclusion click here: https://www.ebayinc.com/our-company/diversity-inclusion/
Additional Details
eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at
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