URBN Machine Learning Architect

Architect, Machine Learning (URBN Tech)

Reports to: Sr. Manager, Machine Learning Engineering

The URBN Machine Learning Engineering Team is part of the URBN Data Science organization and is responsible for the Data Science, Machine Learning, Analytics, and Reporting functions at Nuuly, a subscription-based apparel rental service. Our team functions as a full-service Machine Learning provider, managing projects from ideation and requirements through to production deployment. We work closely with the Engineering teams on a wide range of projects including an in-house personalization system, demand forecasting, and logistics optimization.

Overview:

As Architect, Machine Learning at URBN, you will architect, build, and maintain ML algorithm training pipelines and production services for our personalization and inventory forecasting systems. This includes working closely with senior management, data scientists, ML engineers, and data engineers to perform experimentation, architecture design, and implementation of machine learning solutions. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure robust, scalable ML systems that enable impactful business outcomes for URBN.

Responsibilities:

• Experimentation: Lead exploratory proof-of-concept studies for potential deployment architectures and evaluate new technologies to optimize system capabilities.
• Design: Work with the team to architect and deploy solutions for offline training and real-time ML model deployment that meet Nuuly’s requirements for format, cost, retraining frequency, and inference latency.
• Implementation: Build and maintain ML pipelines, including data processing, model training, and inference applications to support robust, scalable production systems.
• Accountability: Maintain a deep understanding of Nuuly’s data science architecture, with a clear articulation of system scaling and reliability limits. Oversee technical project schedules and execute on multiple concurrent projects.

Desired Skills/Experience:

• 10 years of relevant experience working in building, managing and supporting ML Systems.
• Strong proficiency in Python and software development best practices.
• Expertise across ML tools and systems, including training orchestration, model monitoring, testing, and deployment.
• Hands-on experience deploying machine learning models in production.
• Expertise with streaming data tools (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis), databases (relational and NoSQL), and distributed computing (e.g., Spark).
• Proficiency in ML tools like TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, and orchestration frameworks (e.g., Kubeflow, MLflow, Airflow).
• Experience with cloud platforms (Google Cloud, AWS, Azure) and containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker).

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent job experience.

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Travel: Not required

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.