Wayfair.com is a leader in the e-commerce space for all things home. Wayfair’s community of Data Scientists are obsessed with using data and technology to ensure our customers can build a home that they love. Our platforms support millions of people searching every day for the perfect item, and provide a unique purchase and delivery experience. Come help us innovate and grow to our next $10B in revenue!   

We are looking for an experienced Machine Learning Leader to start and manage a team of data scientists that are building Wayfair’s cutting edge ML products and platforms in the Video advertising space. This includes but is not limited to the intricacies involved in operationalizing and scaling ML models to power millions of dollar day-to-day buying decisions, determining the best way to measure and scale our creative and process, and driving forward a mission in partnership with our in-house buying agency on platforms like Youtube, Facebook, OTT partners, Linear TV, and other sources of video based marketing.

We’re looking for someone who not only enjoys writing code and seeing their ideas come to fruition on a global scale, but is also able to upskill the engineers, data scientists, and marketers around them through leading by example. In this role, you will be owning the development of how we approach and use data to drive a cohesive platform for buying and creating Video based marketing.

What You'll Do

• Architect and develop end-to-end Machine Learning models and platforms to handle and scale Video marketing.
• Leverage your deep knowledge of ML models to build scalable solutions across digital platforms and traditional linear TV.
• Think outside of the current technology/stack limitations to push the boundaries on what is possible and deliver feasible solutions collaboratively.
• Champion open source solutions and Google Cloud native technologies, and their application to our use cases
• Lead a program of accurate measurement and A/B testing around Video assets
• Partner with marketers to understand pain points and translate them into clear and robust data science solutions
• Build and own execution of a technical roadmap, ensuring that the vision aligns with broader company objectives
• Build and manage a group of high performing data scientists and help grow the organization through mentorship and developing learning opportunities
• Promote a culture of data science excellence and strengthen the technical expertise of our engineering and marketing teams 

What You'll Need 

• 3+ years of experience in data science and machine learning including designing and building production models at scale
• 2+ years experience managing data science teams
• Experience developing data pipelines, and orchestrating deployment of ML models, and running experiments to validate your models
• Familiarity with ML model development frameworks, ML orchestration and pipelines with experience in either Airflow, Kubeflow or MLFlow as well as Spark.
• Excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience driving teams forward and ability to influence technical decisions to line up with the company’s strategy
• Hands-on experience driving data science development within high-growth environments at scale
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and hypothesis- driven critical thinking skills to transform data into actionable insights
• Track record of delivering novel data science solutions in an advertising space

Nice to Have

• Mix of start-up and large-company experience working on Machine Learning solutions
• Familiarity with Machine Learning platforms offered by Google Cloud and how to implement them on a large scale
• Direct experience working with Video platforms for digital or linear TV based marketing campaigns
• Experience partnering with outside marketing vendors on measurement and/or data integration, experience with privacy-protected data integration a plus.