What are the responsibilities and job description for the Machine Learning Scientist II position at Wayfair?
Who we are :
The Bidding and Decisioning team under Wayfair Marketing Science is responsible for developing and managing machine learning models and strategies to optimize marketing decisions across paid media channels. We aim to create a leading, customer-focused, ML-powered decision engine that uses extensive first- and third-party data, in collaboration with engineering teams, to optimize every aspect of our marketing. This includes spend management, content optimization, segmentation, and campaign structures across major digital ad platforms like Google, Meta, Pinterest, and Microsoft Bing, etc. Our work impacts hundreds of millions in ad spend, ensuring we provide the right marketing experience for each customer, at the right time, and at the right price throughout their buying journey.
What you’ll do :
- Explore and prioritize opportunities across content generation / optimization (e.g., marketing creative, onsite visual elements, etc), spend management, and product / customer segmentation. Build and implement ML solutions to enhance marketing profitability, defining clear problem statements and delivering against technical and research objectives in a timely manner.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, MarTech (Product & Engineering), and ML Platform teams to align roadmaps, adopt best practices, and build scalable, sustainable science solutions.
- Engage with external vendors, including Google, Meta, Pinterest, to understand technical capabilities, inform solution designs, and influence strategic roadmaps.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, infrastructure, and ML platform teams to adopt best practices for building and deploying scalable ML services.
- Foster the development of junior ML scientists on the team through mentorship, knowledge-sharing, and support for subject matter expertise initiatives such as code reviews.
Who you are :
Nice to have :
Why You'll Love Wayfair :
Paid Holidays
Full Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA / FSA)
401K Matching (Employee Matching Program)
Family Planning Support
Rewards & Recognition
Employee Discount
Emphasizing a supportive & flexible work environment that encourages a balance between personal and professional commitments
Massachusetts Applicants : I understand that it is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.
No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair – and world – for all. Every voice, every perspective matters. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
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