Algorithms, C++, Effective communication skills, Logistic Regression, Machine learning techniques, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Optimization, Python Programming
Since 2012, Instacart has been focused on making grocery delivery convenient, affordable, and accessible to everyone. We bring fresh groceries and everyday essentials to customers across the US and Canada from nearly 55,000 stores across 5,500 markets. Our mission is to create a world where everyone has access to the food they love, and to achieve that goal, we innovate in a wide range of areas including e-commerce, advertising, and fulfillment.
We use machine learning and Internet-scale data to elevate customer experience, improve efficiency, and reduce cost. As an example, we manage catalog data imported from hundreds of retailers, and we build product and knowledge graphs on top of the catalog data to support a wide range of applications including search and ads.
We are looking for talented Ph.D. students to have an internship in our fast moving team. You will have the opportunity to work on a very large scope of problems in search, ads, personalization, recommendation, fulfillment, product and knowledge graph, pricing, etc.
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Based on your passion and background, you may choose to work in a few different areas:
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Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Please read more about our benefits offeringshere.
For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
CA, NY, CT, NJ: $50—$50 USD
WA: $47.50—$47.50 USD
OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI: $45—$45 USD
All other states: $42—$42 USD
Instacart is an online grocery delivery and pick-up service. The service allows customers to shop for groceries online from various retailers and have them delivered to their doorstep. Instacart partners with a number of grocery stores, including popular chains like Whole Foods, Costco, and Safeway, to offer customers a wide selection of products. Customers can place orders through the Instacart app or website, where they can browse products, add