# Senior Applied Scientist I, Recommendations Ranking at Etsy

- Company: Etsy
- What the company does: Backed by Accel and USV.
- Company website: http://www.etsy.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Brooklyn, New York
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-25
- Apply by: 2026-11-09
- Apply: https://etsy.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Etsy_Careers/job/Brooklyn-New-York/Senior-Applied-Scientist-I_JR5631-1
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/etsy-senior-applied-scientist-i-recommendations-ranking/

## About the role

We are looking for a passionate and talented Applied Machine Learning Scientist to join our Recommendation Ranking team. Our team develops Machine Learning models to understand buyers, personalize, and rank recommendations across Etsy.com and the Etsy app. As an Applied Scientist, you will work closely with Software Engineers to improve the shopping experience for 90+ million buyers.

## What they're looking for

- You have a successful track record of applying machine learning techniques in addressing real-world problems
- You have experience with / working in one of the following fields: deep learning, multi-modal learning, reinforcement learning etc
- You have hands-on experience in training, deploying, monitoring, debugging and iterating on production machine learning systems in search, recommendation, and/or ads systems
- You have production experience developing large-scale machine learning systems in Python, Scala, PyTorch, TensorFlow or similar languages
- You write understandable and testable code. You have the ability to write and manipulate data at a large scale and you have an eye towards maintainability
- An M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or related engineering fields with at least two years of practical machine learning experience