Director, ML Recommendations Engineering

etsy; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Etsy is seeking a Director of Engineering, Machine Learning to lead the Recommendations team and its ML-driven on-site discovery across the marketplace. You will own end-to-end technical strategy, manage ML engineers, applied scientists, and system engineers across retrieval, ranking, and generation, and drive architecture toward generative, LLM-enhanced experiences.

Reporting to the VP of Engineering for Search, Recommendations, and Ads, you will mentor managers, define multi-year roadmaps, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in ML engineering.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary ML teams and managers.
• Shipping large-scale recommendation systems and data-driven products.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the multi-year product and technical roadmap for Recommendations ML.
• Lead and grow a team of ML engineers, applied scientists, and platform engineers.
• Partner with product, UX, and cross-functional ML teams to align on an end-to-end buyer experience.

Skills

ML engineering

Team leadership

Product roadmap

Recs systems

Job description

Etsy is seeking a Director of Engineering, Machine Learning to lead the Recommendations team and its ML-driven on-site discovery across the marketplace. You will own end-to-end technical strategy, manage ML engineers, applied scientists, and system engineers across retrieval, ranking, and generation, and drive architecture toward generative, LLM-enhanced experiences.

Reporting to the VP of Engineering for Search, Recommendations, and Ads, you will mentor managers, define multi-year roadmaps, and