Principal AR in Generative AI

At eBay, we’re more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We’re in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

The eBay Advertising Team is reinventing Ads at eBay! We’re creating innovative ad-tech solutions to optimize the ad monetization and experience on eBay. Our goal is to create a valuable experience for both buyers and sellers, while also driving performance for advertisers.

As the Principal Applied Researcher in Generative AI, you will work with a team of researchers and engineers, and lead the research and development of applying Generative AI to build the next generation advertising products.

Responsibilities:

• Improve eBay sellers’ advertising campaigns performance through research and development in Generative Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning applications
• Develop and train large scale Deep Learning models on distributed backends, and deploy neural architectures such as transformers efficiently on eBay inference stack
• Work with ML researchers, software engineers, data scientists, business stakeholders to produce end-to-end production-ready solutions
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other team members, and help grow Applied Research team in eBay Amsterdam office

Requirements:

• Proven track record in applied ML research
• Masters (PhD a plus) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics or related field. 7+ years of industry and tech lead experience
• Strong technical knowledge and experience in Deep Learning, especially in Generative AI (GAN, GPT etc.)
• Extensive experience with two or more of the following: Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models (LLMs), image and text understanding, recommendation systems, ads targeting and ranking systems or similar
• Familiarity with Multi-modal ML, Graph ML and/or Reinforcement Learning is desirable
• Publishing technical articles and speaking in Engineering / ML conferences is a plus

Apply now to be part of our mission to reshape eBay Ads products through Generative AI!

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