Staff Engineer, Machine Learning

📋 Description

• • Join Poshmark, the premier fashion marketplace where millions of members discover, express their style, and connect through a unique social shopping experience. We are at the forefront of transforming how people engage with fashion, making it simple, joyful, and deeply personal. Every item on Poshmark carries a story, empowering sellers to build thriving businesses, extending the life cycle of fashion, and offering shoppers access to a curated selection of unique and trusted finds, from everyday essentials to rare vintage and luxury pieces.
• • The Big Data team is a cornerstone of Poshmark's success, dedicated to constructing a world-class big data platform that unlocks immense value for both the company and its customers. Our overarching mission is to democratize data access, support rapid business expansion, and engineer robust data and ML pipelines that power current and future critical business initiatives. We are seeking highly skilled, innovative, and enthusiastic Machine Learning Engineers to become integral members of our ML and Big Data Team.
• • In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in building and owning the next generation of sophisticated algorithms and systems. Your contributions will directly influence Poshmark's business trajectory and significantly enhance the user experience for our vast community of millions. You will dive deep into complex, large-scale datasets, conducting thorough research and developing cutting-edge algorithms and models to tackle challenging and impactful business problems. This involves not just theoretical exploration but also the practical application of machine learning principles to drive tangible results.
• • A core responsibility will be the design and implementation of highly scalable machine learning applications. These systems must be capable of efficiently processing and analyzing massive volumes of data, ensuring performance and reliability at scale. You will be expected to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, leveraging best-in-class technologies and frameworks. This role demands a strong software engineering foundation coupled with specialized machine learning expertise.
• • Collaboration is key to our success. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, business stakeholders, and other engineering groups. Your ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts and partner with these teams will be crucial in delivering impactful machine learning-based data products across the entire organization. You will contribute to a culture of shared learning and innovation, helping to elevate the ML capabilities of the company.
• • Furthermore, you will play a significant role in establishing and refining best practices and developing essential tools that facilitate the robust and reliable delivery of machine learning features. This includes contributing to the entire ML lifecycle, from experimentation and model development to deployment and monitoring. You will help ensure that our ML solutions are not only effective but also maintainable and scalable in a production environment.
• • A critical aspect of this role involves architecting and continuously improving our ML infrastructure. You will be responsible for designing and enhancing system architectures to guarantee horizontal scalability across all layers of our data and machine learning stack. This requires a forward-thinking approach to system design, anticipating future needs and ensuring our platform can grow seamlessly with the business.
• • This is an opportunity to make a substantial impact on a rapidly growing platform, working on challenging problems at the intersection of big data, machine learning, and e-commerce. You will be empowered to innovate, lead, and shape the future of machine learning at Poshmark.