This is a position for someone who has previous experience in machine learning and would like to explore what data science looks like in a business setting. You’ll be a creative problem solver and advance your quantitative and technical skills working alongside seasoned ML Scientists within Wayfair’s big data universe.
Please note that this internship is based in our Berlin office and will require office presence x4 a week! You will be required to be based in Berlin and have a valid work permit for Germany
What You'll Do:
- Own the full Data Science lifecycle from conception to prototyping, testing, deploying, and measuring its overall business value
- Develop and scale state-of-the-art machine learning methods and quantitative models to address core business problems
- Uncover deep insights hidden in our vast repository of raw data and provide tactical guidance on how to act on findings
- Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to create maintainable, scalable and debuggable code by bringing strong software development practices
- Drive any potential scientific publications based on the results in major Data Science and Machine Learning conferences or workshops
- Bonus: You will learn a ton and will have fun
What You'll Need:
- Previous exposure to machine learning, e.g. within your MA or PhD studies
- Interest/experience in any one/more of the following areas:
- You are looking to gain some industry experience as part of your university course or as an entry opportunity
- Proficiency in Python and SQL
- Pragmatic approach to problem-solving
- Desire to always be learning, and a collaborative team-player attitude!
Our proposition to you!
- Collaborative company culture that encourages teamwork across departments
- Great mentors and career development opportunities through our learn@work program
- We contribute to your gym membership and offer free Yoga classes, as well as Wellness Weeks with massages, workshops and other exciting events
- Fresh fruits, snacks & drinks every day!
Let’s not forget the chance to join a global giant in e-commerce
About Data Science at Wayfair:
Check out some of our work here:https://www.aboutwayfair.com/tag/data-science
There are several machine learning science teams that cover a number of different thematic domains. You will work in Search & Recommendations. We build machine learning systems for the retrieval and ranking of products to display to customers, as well as recommendations and personalization in emails and banners. Methodologies involve search query classification, search query understanding, search query guidance, and search relevance scoring.
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About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.
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