# Staff Applied Scientist, Search & Discovery at Material Bank

- Company: Material Bank
- What the company does: Search and order free material samples from Material Bank. Register as a professional to search across the best design and architectural product brands! Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://www.materialbank.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-08-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/materialbank/jobs/7821981003?gh_jid=7821981003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/material-bank-staff-applied-scientist-search-and-discovery/

## About the role

Material Bank is seeking a Staff Applied Scientist to drive building search and recommendations from the ground up. We are the largest marketplace for architecture and design professionals, and we are building a discovery platform that helps them find materials across hundreds of brands and surfaces intelligent recommendations as they explore. Search and recommendations are how that discovery happens.

## What they're looking for

- A track record building search, recommendations, or ranking systems that shipped to real users and moved the numbers. You have done this work before, not just studied it
- An advanced degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, machine learning, statistics, or applied math, or equivalent hands-on experience that got you to the same place
- Deep understanding of search and recommendation systems , especially retrieval, ranking, and relevance. This is the core of the role
- Strong query understanding and NLP , including semantic and embedding-based retrieval
- Real exploratory and experimental rigor : statistical modeling, experimental design, and hypothesis testing, plus comfort working in ambiguity where the right approach is not yet known
- Hands-on building ability. You prototype and implement your own ideas. We do not care which language you are strongest in

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