OfferUp

Senior Data Scientist – Hybrid, Bellevue, WA, Florida

OfferUp

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: BellevueFloridaWashingtonUnited States

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Salary

💰 $190,000 - $220,000 per year

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About the role

  • Lead the research, design, and implementation of end-to-end machine learning solutions, from initial hypothesis and data exploration to A/B testing and production deployment.
  • Own the evaluation and "prompt engineering" strategy for Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance product features like automated categorization and user communication.
  • Act as a strategic partner to Product and Engineering leaders, translating business goals into data science roadmaps that prioritize long-term customer experience over short-term gains.
  • Drive the next generation of Search and Personalization features; use LLMs to create "magic moments" for users while ensuring model outputs are safe, accurate, and valuable.
  • Directly influence key business KPIs (e.g., conversion, retention, fraud reduction) by identifying untapped opportunities within our BigQuery data warehouse.
  • Optimize our search ranking algorithms using modern learning-to-rank techniques; develop a robust framework for assessing and deploying LLM-based agents; refine our "Crime Risk" and user reputation models to maintain a safe marketplace.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of building and shipping ML models and data solutions with quality.
  • 4+ years of professional software development in Python.
  • Strong proficiency in querying and retrieving data using SQL from large-scale distributed systems.
  • Ph.D. or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical field OR Bachelor’s degree and relevant work experience.
  • Deep understanding in a classical NLP method (e.g. n-grams, NER, POS tagging) and ML tasks (e.g. semantic analysis, text classification).
  • Practical experience with LLMs, deep models (RNN, LSTM) and their applications is highly preferred.
  • Proficiency in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow or Keras.
  • Experience training models in cloud environments (Databricks/Sagemaker preferred).
  • Proven track record of mentoring junior or mid-level team members and performing high-quality code and design reviews.
  • Collaborative mindset with experience contributing to project roadmaps and technical documentation.
  • Impact-oriented: Experience delivering end-to-end projects that solve complex business problems.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learningA/B testingprompt engineeringLarge Language ModelsSQLNLPdeep learningPyTorchTensorFlowKeras
Soft Skills
strategic partnershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationimpact-oriented
Certifications
Ph.D.Master’s DegreeBachelor’s degree