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Machine Learning Engineer, Discovery

Whatnot
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New York, NY$180k - $245kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Machine Learning Engineer role at Whatnot focusing on feed recommendations and buyer personalization, with end-to-end ML project ownership and collaboration with Backend Engineers and ML Platform/Research teams. Location: New York, NY (US-based).

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, and productionization of ML models that power feed recommendations and buyer personalization
  • Lead ML-based projects from end-to-end: scoping and planning, data collection and feature engineering, model training and deployment, backend implementation, and online experimentation
  • Support product initiatives like exploration and international, new buyer, new seller, and small category growth
  • Work closely with Backend Software Engineers to implement ML-based solutions into production. Contribute to backend development to support recommendations and feed work.
  • Drive technical excellence and establish ML best practices across the Buyer and Discovery teams, working closely with our Machine Learning Platform and Research teams. Grow ML knowledge across the team and support the scalability of our production models

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of industry experience building and deploying ML models to solve user problems at scale
  • Industry experience with a track record of applying scientific methods to solve real-world problems on consumer scale data
  • Advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, and common ML frameworks like PyTorch, XGBoost, etc
  • Strong communication and leadership skills; ability to influence roadmap and align cross-functional teams in a remote environment
  • Proficiency and experience in applied statistics. Firm grasp of visualization tools, interactive and self-serving, such as dashboards and notebooks

Skills

Required:ML model development and deploymentEnd-to-end ML project ownershipPythonSQLML frameworks (PyTorch, XGBoost, etc)Communication and leadership
Nice to have:Statistics

Benefits

  • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Work From Home Support
  • Care benefits
  • Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
  • Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
  • Parental Leave
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Whatnot

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in the U.S.

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in the U.S., connecting buyers and sellers in real-time across any category – from collectibles like trading cards to comics, fashion, sneakers, and more.

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