Company Description

Wish is a mobile e-commerce platform that flips traditional shopping on its head. We connect hundreds of millions of people with the widest selection of delightful, surprising, and—most importantly—affordable products delivered directly to their doors. Each day on Wish, millions of customers in more than 160 countries around the world discover new products. For our over 1 million merchant partners, anyone with a good idea and a mobile phone can instantly tap into a global market. 

We're fueled by creating unique products and experiences that give people access to a new type of commerce, where all are welcome. If you’ve been searching for a supportive environment to chase your curiosity and use data to investigate the questions that matter most to you, this is the place.

Job Description

Our engineers move very fast while solving unique and challenging problems. Our team is small and nimble. We release every single day to ensure that engineers are able to iterate quickly and make an impact immediately. We're looking for engineers to work on our massive semi-structured datasets. This role is ideal for someone who has a solid mathematical background, domain experience in data mining, information retrieval, or machine learning, and a strong system orientation. You will have the rare opportunity to have a direct impact on key product initiatives; including product feed relevance, ad targeting, information extraction, and recommendations.

What you'll be doing:

• Work on different domains, such as: information retrieval algorithms, scalability infrastructure and storage solutions, and large-scale applications for users on web and mobile devices.
• You should be able to perform and contribute under a great deal of independence.
• Regardless of your seniority or experience, we are ultimately looking for individuals that are capable and passionate about helping us hack social e-commerce.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent from a top university
• You are passionate about big data.
• You are passionate about working with large amounts of data points for statistical modeling, data mining, recommendation or search relevance solutions.
• Experience with map/reduce framework, such as Hadoop.
• Familiar with information retrieval libraries, such as Lucene/SOLR.
• Firm grasp of probability and/or graph theory.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent software design skill with experience in Python, Go.
• Strong background in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, recommendation system, search ranking, or data mining.
• Passionate about working with large amounts of data and the ability to translate insights into business recommendations.
• Experience with different big data frameworks, including Hadoop, Presto, MapReduce, and/or distributed systems.

Additional Information

Wish values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. We do not discriminate based on any legally-protected class or characteristic. Employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know. For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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