Senior Solutions Engineer (Full-time)

Shaped; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity 0.05% - 0.10%

Job summary

Shaped is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer located in Williamsburg, Virginia to help customers integrate and develop recommendation models using the Shaped Platform. This role includes connecting data sources, creating ranking models with a declarative SQL interface, and collaborating with customers to solve their ranking challenges.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree, 4+ years of experience in related roles, and is proficient in Python and SQL. Join us to help shape the future of AI!

Qualifications

• 4+ years of industry experience in software engineering, data science or solutions architecture.
• Willingness to wear many hats and passionate about unblocking issues for customers.

Responsibilities

• Become an expert at using the Shaped ranking platform.
• Experiment with ranking models for customers' discovery use-cases.
• Analyze data to identify performance improvements for customers' models.
• Build strong relationships with customers’ technical teams and leaders.
• Deliver technical demos to showcase Shaped’s capabilities.

Skills

Proficient with Python

Proficient with SQL

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

In-depth knowledge of mathematics, statistics and algorithms

Ability to work in fast-paced small teams

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's in computer science, data science or mathematics

Master's degree or PhD

Job description

Shaped is a machine-learning platform for data teams to build real-time personalized recommendation systems and search. We want to give any company the same superpowers that TikTok, Meta and Amazon use to power their personalization.

We're based in Brooklyn in New York and backed by top investors like Y-Combinator and executives from Meta, Google and Amazon.

Job Description

We’re looking for a senior solutions engineer to help customers integrate and develop recommendation models using the Shaped Platform. Responsibilities include connecting external data sources to Shaped, creating ranking models with our declarative SQL interface, and helping customers achieve their business objectives.

As a founding solutions engineer, you'll collaborate with a diverse range of customers to solve their ranking challenges. Additionally, you'll contribute to shaping our product roadmaps and engineering culture.

We’re excited to work with you. Come build the future of AI with us!

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in computer science, data science or mathematics related field. Master's degree or PhD will be advantageous.
• 4+ years of industry experience in a software engineering, data science or solutions architecture role
• Proficient with Python, SQL
• Have the willingness to wear many hats, be passionate about unblocking issues for customers, and have an excitement for problem-solving
• In-depth knowledge of mathematics, statistics and algorithms.
• Operate well within fast paced, small teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Become an expert at using the Shaped ranking platform
• Experiment with ranking models for customer's discovery use-cases
• Analyze data to identify performance improvements for customers' models
• Experiment with pre-trained image, language, audio and video embedding models that understand our customer's discovery data
• Build strong relationships with customers’ technical teams and leaders to ensure long-term success with Shaped
• Deliver technical demos to showcase the Shaped’s capabilities to customers.
• Proactively communicate with customers on timelines, updates and next steps

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

• Salary $80K - $150K
• Equity 0.05% - 0.10%