Instacart

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Economist

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3 hours ago
Remote, CanadaMid Level / Senior
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Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and deploy machine learning solutions for economic challenges in Instacart’s marketplace.
  • Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to understand business needs and deliver impactful solutions.
  • Improve operational efficiency by refining and advancing algorithms and models.
  • Share research, learnings, and best practices across the Economics team.

Requirements

  • A graduate degree in economics or a closely related field is required.
  • Experience applying causal inference methodologies to observational and experimental datasets is required.
  • Understanding of machine learning algorithms and techniques is required.
  • Strong Python programming skills and fluency with SQL and Pandas are required.
  • Experience with scikit-learn and XGBoost or similar machine learning tools is required.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, self-motivation, and ownership are required.
  • Senior hires require 1–3 years of industry experience in a similar role, experience deploying machine learning models to production, and experience with cloud computing and related ML infrastructure.
  • Preferred qualifications include a PhD focused on data-intensive problems, related internship experience, experience with large language models and generative AI, and experience with uplift modeling, contextual bandits, or heterogeneous treatment effect estimation.

Benefits

  • Flex First remote work arrangement, with employees able to work from home, an office, or another preferred location.
  • Regular in-person events to support connection and community.
  • Eligibility for a new-hire equity grant and annual refresh grants.
  • Hiring is currently limited to Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
  • Base pay for Canadian candidates is listed in CAD and varies by permanent work location, experience, and skills.

Tech Stack

PandasPythonscikit-learnSQLXGBoost

Categories

Instacart

About Instacart

1,001-5,000 employees

Instacart is a leading grocery technology company that partners with more than 2,200 retail banners – representing nearly 100,000 stores – to transform how people shop for the groceries they need from the retailers they trust, while creating flexible earning opportunities for shoppers. Through the Instacart Marketplace, Instacart Enterprise platform, and Instacart Ads ecosystem, the company powers ecommerce, fulfillment, in-store technology, AI offerings, and advertising for partners. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.

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