Sr. Computer Vision Applied Researcher

Key Skills

C Programming, C++, Computer Vision (CV), Ecommerce, Machine learning techniques, Python Programming, PyTorch, TensorFlow

Job Description

Looking for a company that inspires passion, courage and creativity, where you can be on the team shaping the future of global commerce? Want to shape how millions of people buy, sell, connect, and share around the world? If you’re interested in joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to crafting an ambitious and inclusive work environment, join eBay – a company you can be proud to be with.

eBay is a global commerce leader that allows you to craft how the world buys, sells, and gives. You’ll be part of a work culture that’s been genuinely committed to diversity and inclusion since its founding more than 20 years ago. Here, you can just be yourself, do your best work, and have a meaningful impact on people across the globe. We are looking for people with drive, ideas, and a passion for helping small businesses succeed to help craft the future of eBay—does this sound like you? If so, we’d love to talk to you!

We are seeking highly qualified computer vision research scientists to work on a variety of CV areas including Large Scale Visual Search/Detection/Recognition, Fine Grained Classification, Attribute Discovery and Localization, Weakly Supervised Learning, Semantic Segmentation, and OCR among others. You will work closely with engineers to create new capabilities from initial algorithms and out to CV-enabled features for next-gen experiences to further empower our buyers and sellers.

About the Team:

The Computer Vision team at eBay Core AI is looking for highly qualified candidates for the full-time Senior Applied Researcher position. The CV team works on capabilities at the heart of new product experiences. eBay’s strategic vision is to become the best global marketplace for buyers and sellers through a tech-led reimagination of the company.

With hundreds of millions of buyers and sellers, 1.3B+ of live listings at any point of time, millions of daily transactions and billions of daily queries, eBay provides an outstanding environment to work with data at scale. We actively pursue ideas that result in scalable algorithms and systems, while leveraging the scale of data and delighting our customers.

Basic Qualifications:

• MS or PhD in computer science or related fields with at least 8 years of relevant industrial experience

• Expert coding in Python, C/C++

• Hands on experience with TensorFlow and PyTorch

• Experience building simple demo applications for computer vision

• Excellent knowledge in CV and ML

• Experience in search and ecommerce experience a strong plus

Responsibilities:

• Develop new deep learning models to solve novel tasks and improve existing model performance for large-scale computer vision systems in areas including product understanding

• Familiar with and able to leverage latest published research, creating and advancing innovative capabilities

• Lead projects and work cross functionally to bring capabilities to customers

Benefits are an essential part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, eBay offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs to meet your needs. Including maternal & paternal leave, paid sabbatical, and plans to help ensure your financial security today and in the years ahead because we know feeling financially secure during your working years and through retirement is important.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment in California, Washington, or New York City is expected in the range below.

$149,200 - $234,850

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.