Middle/Senior Data Scientist

Position: Middle/Senior Data Scientist Where? Avito, Item2param Work format: full remote or office, your choice Gross salary range: Middle: 269,000 - 413,000 gross + 15% bonus Senior: 363,000 - 524,000 gross + 15% bonus Conditions are discussed individually based on the results of technical interviews

About us: We are developing a platform that automatically predicts over 2000 listing parameters at the time of submission (categories, attributes, brands). These parameters are critical for all Avito business areas: search, moderation, monetization, SEO. We ensure the most effective predictions under high load, as well as rapid adaptation of models to new scenarios.

What needs to be done? • Develop complex neural networks (text, image) from scratch in Pytorch - pre-training, finetuning, optimization • Implement neural networks into the service, configure monitoring, solve technical problems • Manage business processes to achieve results • Mentor junior colleagues

Requirements: • Excellent knowledge of Pytorch • Experience with large neural network models, organizing production processes • Results-oriented approach • Bonus points: success in competitions/Kaggle

Answers to 10 important questions:

1. Data: Large historical data on listings (text, images), training on several types of labels
2. Hardware: Cluster with H100 for dev and prod
3. Scale of impact on core business? The Item2param platform has Business Critical status and priority support. Key business processes are tied to the attribute system - Search, Monetization, Moderation, SEO.
4. Level of Data Science development in the company? High. DS teams are divided into vertical (tied to business lines) and horizontal (develop tools for all DS teams).
5. Role of a data scientist: Focus not on specific ML tasks, but on platform improvements (e.g., pre-train a base checkpoint from scratch, expand library functionality for users, improve data collection process for monitoring) with the goal of implementing functionality into the service. Support for production processes together with MLOps and Backend. As needed - support for platform users (DS, analysts, content managers).
6. Background of your supervisor? Kaggle Competition Master, Linkedin
7. How often will you be interrupted at work? Daily stand-ups for 20 minutes, organizational meetings as needed
8. Career growth: The manager supports active development in hard and soft skills: we create a development plan and follow it together. Performance reviews twice a year
9. Prod/Research: 70% prod / 30% research. We actively develop SOTA approaches to tasks, however with an emphasis on industrial implementation
10. Service or Leadership Function? 50% service / 50% leadership. There is a significant demand for independent management of key business cases until production implementation, support in the development of other colleagues, and expertise sharing.

Send your resume to oasidorshin@avito.ru with the subject "DS in Item2param"