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We are hiring experienced data scientists to change the way eBay does advertising. eBay's old advertising strategy was 3rd party focused (Ads that sent people off eBay). Our CEO said that strategy has changed. We need ads that keep people on eBay and offer better choices for our buyers. We are the team blowing up the old strategy and doing something better. You can move the needle when it comes to eBay's profit. We are a small team in a growing remote office. This is a unique opportunity to learn search engine and recommendation technology which rank eBay's 1+ billion active items. We apply cutting edge machine learning techniques on petabytes of data and thousands of Spark/YARN nodes. This includes deep learning, XGBoost and online learning. Our interview consists of two phone screens. Then you come onsite to meet the team and do a code test. The role will be 50% production coding and 50% research.

[email protected] | Ask for Adam

adamilardi | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2017)

Seeking experienced (5+ years) applied researcher. 50% coding and 50% data science. We’re changing the way 1st party advertising works at eBay. Currently, we fix search river “ads” into specific locations even when those “ads” are items already for sale on eBay. Search for “iphone case” and you will see sponsored listings at specific fixed locations on the page (Slot 4,5). We’re going to challenge the fixed slot model and let sponsored listings change slots dynamically based on factors such as salability, monetization and relevance. This involves big changes to internal goals and algorithmic optimizations. The details are still being worked out so there is plenty of white space for innovation. If you are entrepreneurial, can fight for and code the right solutions we want you.

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adamilardi | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)

Seeking experienced (5+ years) applied researcher. 50% coding and 50% data science. Next year we’re embarking on a journey to change the way 1st party advertising works at eBay. Currently, we fix search river “ads” into specific locations even when those “ads” are items already for sale on eBay. Search for “iphone case” and you will see sponsored listings at specific fixed locations on the page(Slot 4,5,etc). We’re going to challenge the fixed slot model and let sponsored listings change slots dynamically based on factors such as salability, monetization and relevance. This involves big changes to internal goals and algorithmic optimizations. The details are still being worked out so there is plenty of white space for innovation. If you are entrepreneurial, can fight for and code the right solutions we want you.

adamilardi | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)

Looking for an experienced java developer to drive forward a critical service platform. This codebase supports billions of dollars in eBay Gross Merchandising Volume ($s spent on the marketplace). Advertising, Merchandising and emails flow through this code. You will be responsible for enforcing code standards, reviewing pull requests and core framework functionality. You will apply a craftsman's level of quality across the eBay experience making sure everything works with ~50 page integrations and hundreds of configuration options. You will support and enhance continuous delivery by automating the release process. This should streamline existing processes reducing tickets and manual button pushes. We need our weekly, heavy ceremony, releases to become on demand. Due to the nature of this project with multiple stakeholders, Product, Tech and Managers, and teams across the globe there will be a push to maintain the undesirable status quo. If you succeed you’ll earn the respect of every manager / Developer / PM involved.

adamilardi | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2017)

eBay | www.ebay.com | New York | NYC | Full Time | ONSITE | [email protected] | VISA ok We are looking for deep learning experts who can make sense of eBay's 1+ billion items. We'll use that technology to target ads, recommend items and help our sellers succeed. Our interview consists of two phone screens. Then you come onsite to meet the team and do a code test. 5+ years of Machine Learning experience preferred. [email protected] | Ask for Adam

adamilardi | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017)

We are looking for deep learning experts who can make sense of eBay's 1+ billion items. We'll use that technology to target ads, recommend items and help our sellers succeed. Our interview consists of two phone screens. Then you come onsite to meet the team and do a code test. 5+ years of Machine Learning experience preferred. [email protected] | Ask for Adam

adamilardi | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)

eBay | www.ebay.com | New York | NYC | Full Time | ONSITE | [email protected] | VISA ok We are hiring senior data scientists to change the way eBay does advertising. eBay's old advertising strategy was 3rd party focused (Ads that sent people off eBay). Our CEO said during our last earning call that strategy has changed. eBay needs ads that keep people on eBay and offer better choices for our buyers. We are the team blowing up the old strategy and doing something better. You can move the needle when it comes to eBay's profit. We operate like a small startup but can impact eBay's 100+ million buyers. This is a unique opportunity to learn search engine and recommendation technology which rank eBay's 1+ billion active items. We apply cutting edge machine learning techniques on petabytes of data and thousands of Spark/YARN nodes. This includes deep learning, XGBoost and multi-arm bandits. Our interview consists of two phone screens. Then you come onsite to meet the team and do a code test. 5+ years of Machine Learning experience preferred [email protected] | Ask for Mr. Lawn

adamilardi | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2017)

We are hiring senior data scientists to change the way eBay does advertising. eBay's old advertising strategy was 3rd party focused (Ads that sent people off eBay). Our CEO said during our last earning call that strategy has changed. eBay needs ads that keep people on eBay and offer better choices for our buyers. We are the team blowing up the old strategy and doing something better. You can move the needle when it comes to eBay's profit. We operate like a small startup but can impact eBay's 100+ million buyers. This is a unique opportunity to learn search engine and recommendation technology which rank eBay's 1+ billion active items. We apply cutting edge machine learning techniques on petabytes of data and thousands of Spark/YARN nodes. This includes deep learning, XGBoost and multi-arm bandits. Our interview consists of two phone screens. Then you come onsite to meet the team and do a code test.

5+ years of Machine Learning experience preferred

[email protected] | Ask for Mr. Lawn

adamilardi | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)

We are hiring data scientists to change the way eBay does advertising. eBay's old advertising strategy was 3rd party focused (Ads that sent people off eBay). Our CEO said during our last earning call that strategy has changed. We need ads that keep people on eBay and offer better choices for our buyers. We are the team blowing up the old strategy and doing something better. You can move the needle when it comes to eBay's profit. We are a small team in a growing remote office. This is a unique opportunity to learn search engine and recommendation technology which rank eBay's 1+ billion active items. We apply cutting edge machine learning techniques on petabytes of data and thousands of Spark/YARN nodes. This includes deep learning, XGBoost and online learning. We welcome recent grads and experienced candidates alike. Our interview consists of two phone screens. Then you come onsite to meet the team and do a code test.

[email protected] | Ask for Adam

adamilardi | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2017)

eBay | www.ebay.com | New York | NYC | Full Time | ONSITE | [email protected] We are hiring a data scientist to build out our 1st party ads business. We are a small team in a growing remote office. This is a unique opportunity to learn search and recommendation technology, working with petabytes of data, thousands of Spark/YARN nodes and online learning. You can literally move the needle when it comes to eBay's profit. The NYC office is also hiring deep learning experts and backend engineers to personalize our recommendations. We welcome recent grads and experienced engineers alike. We do two phone screens and then an in person code test.

[email protected] | Ask for Adam

adamilardi | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2016)

We are hiring the 4th data science engineer to build out our 1st party ads business. This is a unique opportunity to learn search and recommendation technology, working with petabytes of data, thousands of Spark/YARN nodes and online learning. You can literally move the needle when it comes to eBay's profit.

The NYC office is also hiring deep learning experts and backend engineers to personalize our recommendations.

We welcome recent grads and experienced engineers alike.

[email protected] | Ask for Phillip or Adam

adamilardi | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016)

New York | Research Engineer | eBay | Onsite

You can build machine learned models and personally bring them to production in this role. We created promoted listings (Google AdWords for eBay sellers). We also build all of eBay’s recommendation systems. Help us make our 100+ million user’s lives better.

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adamilardi | 12 years ago | on: Make Flappy Box – DIY Game Kit

I like how the box closes down on you when you lose. Nice touch!

adamilardi | 13 years ago | on: EBay’s Svpply Brings A Daily Catalog Of Personalized Product Recommendations

Great job guys

adamilardi | 15 years ago | on: Want Hacker News Comment Scores Back? Check out HNPoints.com

Agreed new users must be flogged into compliance. And the experienced ones should be rewarded for following the pack.

adamilardi | 15 years ago | on: Announcing pushJS: Send javascript to any connected browser

I'm RandomUser829

adamilardi | 15 years ago | on: Announcing pushJS: Send javascript to any connected browser

You can always add specific functionality to the javascript to handle specific commands. What was created is a nice example of how to integrate websockets with a message q into web application. It also lets you push ANY javascript via redis to anyone's browser. The concept has lots of potential. I'd like to see more widespread use of websockets. I believe projects like this can help get the ball rolling.

adamilardi | 15 years ago | on: Announcing pushJS: Send javascript to any connected browser

I will check them out. I'm not affiliated with them.

adamilardi | 15 years ago | on: An Introduction to HTML Prototyping

I've used both balsamiq and Irise with great results @ client sites. My first iRise experience went great. The client developed two pages of specs for an ERP integration project over a months time. Within two days of using a proto-type we threw away those specs and were able to show them what they had really wanted. When you are dealing with UX issues and people who don't code it's so critical to show the client upfront what is going to happen. I can't tell you how many hours of rework we saved by having discussions of workflow, textbox locations and other seemingly minor ux elements. Once we are done with the mockup and the flows are defined it's very hard for someone to screw up the code. Overall great experience. I may write a blog detailing some of the finer points one day.

adamilardi | 15 years ago | on: JDK 7 Features

Java has closures.... anonymous inner types