Remote ML PhD Intern - Shape Search & AI

Feedinkoo: Remote Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 42,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Instacart is seeking talented Ph.D. students for a remote internship in our fast-moving team.

You will tackle a broad scope of problems across search, ads, personalization, recommendation, fulfillment, knowledge graph, pricing, and more. Areas include query understanding with NLP, search relevance and ranking, tensor-based recommendations, graph data management, fraud detection, pricing optimization, and logistics forecasting.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. student in computer science, mathematics, statistics, economics, or related areas.
• Strong programming (Python, C++) and algorithmic skills.
• Good communication skills. Curious, willing to learn, self-motivated, hands-on.

Responsibilities

• Work on query understanding using cutting-edge NLP technologies.
• Improve search relevance and ranking by integrating signals from various sources.
• Contribute to ads quality, clicks and ROAS improvements.
• Develop knowledge graphs and data access interfaces.
• Investigate fraud detection and prevention using cost-sensitive learning.
• Assist pricing estimation and revenue optimization efforts.
• Support logistics optimization including last-mile delivery and supply/demand forecasting.

Skills

Python

C++

Communication

Education

Ph.D. candidate

Job description

Instacart is seeking talented Ph.D. students for a remote internship in our fast-moving team.

You will tackle a broad scope of problems across search, ads, personalization, recommendation, fulfillment, knowledge graph, pricing, and more. Areas include query understanding with NLP, search relevance and ranking, tensor-based recommendations, graph data management, fraud detection, pricing optimization, and logistics forecasting.