Machine Learning Engineer, Economist

November 27

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Instacart

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Grocery Delivery • online grocery

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

🛍️ eCommerce

🚗 Transport

🛒 Retail

💰 $232M Venture Round on 2021-11

Description

• You will help design and build end-to-end machine learning solutions. • You will be working in small and cross-functional product teams, with great opportunities for growth and ownership of projects. • You will be an active member of an internal community, including economists, data scientists, operations research scientists and machine learning engineers, sharing learnings, best practices and research across many domains. • You will develop high impact solutions to support Instacart's ambitious growth plans. • You will work closely with engineers, product managers, other teams, and both internal and external stakeholders, owning a large part of the process from problem understanding to recommending a solution and testing it in controlled experiments. • You will have the freedom to suggest and drive organization-wide initiatives.

Requirements

• Graduate-level research experience on data-intense problems or 1+ years of industry experience in machine learning or economics-focused roles. • A blend of economic theory, applied econometrics, and business skills that let you jump into a fast-paced environment and contribute from day one. • Expertise in causal inference with observational and experimental data. • Strong engineering skills with expertise in R or Python and fluency in data manipulation (SQL, Pandas) and machine learning (scikit-learn, XGBoost, Keras/Tensorflow) tools. • An ability to identify and prioritize high-impact problems and deliver solutions that provide reasonable trade-offs between urgency and quality. • Willing and able to travel internationally based on job requirements. • Self-motivation and a strong sense of ownership.

Benefits

• Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. • Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. • This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. • Please read more about our benefits offerings here.