ImpactAs a Staff Machine Learning Engineer on Shipt's Personalization Platform team you will drive key AI initiatives. In this role, you’ll collaborate with Data Scientists to design and deploy intelligent, personalized recommendation models to drive user engagement across Shipt. You will be a hands-on senior technical contributor in the Membership organization and your work will consist of contribution to architecture, design, and implementation to deliver high quality AI driven solutions in a rapidly evolving marketplace environment.
In this role you will design, build and maintain scalable ML infrastructure and production systems as well as closely collaborate with Data Scientists to architect data pipelines for serving and training ML models for Shipt's Personalization Platform. You will also be responsible for leading the team to build scalable, low-latency, and fault-tolerant systems to serve real-time recommendations at scale and developing robust APIs and services to deliver real-time or batch recommendations (using Python, Go). This is a hands-on, cross-functional role ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of Machine Learning, AI Engineering, and Business Impact.
What You’ll Need to Be Successful
PhD/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience
5+ years of experience in machine learning and backend software engineering
Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Go, Java) and Python
Deep understanding of user modeling, embeddings, similarity search and ranking models
Strong experience with serving architectures (e.g., REST/gRPC APIs, model servers)
Experience with ML pipeline tools (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow)
Strong grasp of distributed systems, microservices, and system design
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and working with large-scale datasets
Skills & Education This list includes key skills used in this job but is not inclusive of all skills needed for the role. Please see any required education below.
Back-End Development, Machine Learning (ML), Python (Programming Language), Structured Programming
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience| Required
Work ArrangementShipt considers candidates located near a Shipt office or workspace in Birmingham, San Francisco, or Minneapolis to be hybrid, which means that they have the flexibility to work from home (with leader approval) or at a Shipt office in order to facilitate the ability to innovate, collaborate, and spark team connections. In-office expectations will vary by role and leader. Certain roles may require in-office presence on a full-time basis. Please work with your recruiter to learn more about the classification of this role.
