Job Overview
Location
US Remote
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Data Science
Date Posted
July 1, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • As a Senior Data Scientist on the Search Science team at Shipt, you will be responsible for the algorithms that determine what customers see every day, working to re-architect Shipt's search stack to be LLM-native and value-aware.
- • You will build a state-of-the-art retrieval and ranking system from the ground up, partnering with Senior Scientists and ML Engineers to push the boundaries of what a search engine can do, with improvements immediately visible to leadership and impactful to the bottom line.
- • You will help design and implement multi-task learning and multi-objective models that optimize for complex trade-offs between organic relevance, ad revenue, and operational efficiency, while identifying opportunities through deep search analysis and reporting findings to senior leaders.
- • You will move beyond generic relevance by integrating rich user signals such as purchase history, dietary constraints, and real-time intent to personalize search results, and work on LLM-native search projects including generative retrieval, query expansion, and semantic understanding.
- • You will develop and tune hybrid retrieval systems combining sparse (lexical) and dense (vector) layers to maximize recall across Shipt's massive catalog, ensuring the right products surface even for long-tail queries, and explore generative retrieval methodologies.
- • You will join a mission-driven retail tech company that connects people to reliable, high-quality delivery with a personal touch, operating as an independently owned subsidiary of Target Corporation in over 5,000 U.S. cities.
🎯 Requirements
- • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (Computer Science, Statistics, etc.) with a focus on machine learning
- • 3–5 years of experience applying Machine Learning to real-world problems
- • Strong coding fluency in Python and SQL
- • Deep familiarity with Deep Learning frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow) and their application to information retrieval, ranking and/or NLP
- • Solid grasp of Learning-to-Rank (LTR) concepts including rich feature engineering
- • Previous experience with Search or Recommender Systems in e-commerce settings
🏖️ Benefits
- • Employees (and eligible family members) are covered by medical, dental, vision and more
- • Eligibility to enroll in the company’s 401k plan
- • Discretionary vacation for exempt team members, paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and paid sick leave
- • Eligibility for an annual bonus and potential for restricted stock units based on role
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About Shipt, Inc.
Shipt, Inc. operates a U.S. same-day grocery and household goods delivery platform connecting customers with local retailers via a network of independent shoppers. Founded in 2014, the Alabama-based company partners with national and regional chains to offer on-demand ordering through mobile and web applications, charging membership or per-order fees. Services span groceries, alcohol, electronics, and pharmacy items across thousands of cities, leveraging crowdsourced labor to fulfill and deliver orders within hours.
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