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Senior Machine Learning Scientist
Apply remote type Open to Remote locations London, UK time type Full time posted on Posted 10 Days Ago job requisition id JR4917
Company Description
Depop is the community-powered circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy, sell and discover desirable secondhand fashion. With a community of over 35 million users, Depop is on a mission to make fashion circular, redefining fashion consumption. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in London, with offices in New York and Manchester, and in 2021 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy.Find out more at
Our mission is to make fashion circular and to create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, no matter who they are or where theyre from. Just as our platform connects people globally, we believe our workplace should reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. We thrive on the power of different perspectives and experiences, knowing they drive innovation and bring us closer to our users. Were proud to be an equal opportunity employer, providing employment opportunities without regard to age, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity, marriage and civil partnership, or any other protected status. Were continuously evolving our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and are open to accommodating any needs you might have.
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Role
Depop is looking for a Senior Machine Learning Scientist to join our new Core ML team in the UK. You will work alongside a cross-functional team of Product Managers, ML Engineers, and fellow ML Scientists, helping build and maintain foundational machine learning models and infrastructure, such as product matching models, image embedding services, and lightweight classifiers, that support multiple product and marketing use cases across Depop.
As a senior member of the team, you will be expected to take ownership of high-impact projects, lead technical direction on core modelling efforts, and mentor others while working across multiple domains and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
You will:
Research, design, and deliver robust machine learning solutions to solve cross-cutting problems within the fashion resale space
Work with and fine-tune models for representation learning, computer vision, and classification, and lead efforts to productionise and scale them
Identify and define requirements from multiple stakeholders across the business, and lead the design of general-purpose machine learning solutions that power features like content understanding, moderation, and personalization
Set up and conduct large-scale experiments to test hypotheses and guide model and product improvements, ensuring statistical rigour and real-world applicability
Stay up to date with research, actively contribute to internal knowledge sharing and ML best practices, and help shape the long-term technical strategy for the team
Participate in team ceremonies, such as agile cadences, technical whiteboarding sessions, and planning/roadmapping
Communicate technical findings clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior stakeholders
Qualifications
Skills and Experience:
Significant experience working as a Machine Learning Scientist, with a proven track record of delivering and scaling models that solve complex, real-world problems
Deep understanding of machine learning concepts and experience applying them in production settings, using frameworks such as Transformers, PyTorch, or TensorFlow
Strong Python skills, with the ability to write clean, modular, production-grade code, and a solid understanding of data engineering and MLOps principles
Ability to lead end-to-end ML projects, work independently in ambiguous problem spaces, and mentor junior team members
Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience aligning technical approaches with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
Bonus Points
Experience with NLP, image classifiers, deep learning, or large language models
Experience with experiment design and conducting A/B tests
Experience building shared or platform-style ML systems
Experience with Databricks and PySpark
Experience working with AWS or another cloud platform (GCP/Azure)
Additional Information
Health + Mental Wellbeing
PMI and cash plan healthcare access with Bupa
Subsidised counselling and coaching with Self Space
Cycle to Work scheme with options from Evans or the Green Commute Initiative
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 confidential support
Mental Health First Aiders across the business for support and signposting
Work/Life Balance:
25 days annual leave with option to carry over up to 5 days
1 company-wide day off per quarter
Impact hours: Up to 2 days additional paid leave per year for volunteering
Fully paid 4 week sabbatical after completion of 5 years of consecutive service with Depop, to give you a chance to recharge or do something you love.
Flexible Working: MyMode hybrid-working model with Flex, Office Based, and Remote options *role dependant
All offices are dog-friendly
Ability to work abroad for 4 weeks per year in UK tax treaty countries
Family Life:
18 weeks of paid parental leave for full-time regular employees
IVF leave, shared parental leave, and paid emergency parent/carer leave
Learn + Grow:
Budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions, and more
Mentorship and programmes to upskill employees
Your Future:
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Depop is the community-powered fashion marketplace to buy and sell circular fashion, with over 30 million registered users in more than 150 countries. Depop is a place for anyone to discover and celebrate their style on their own terms, and to feel good about their fashion choices by extending the lives of millions of garments.
The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in London with offices in Manchester and New York. Depop has approximately 400 employees dedicated to its mission of building the worlds most diverse progressive home of fashion, thats kinder on the planet and kinder to people. In 2021, Depop became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy - the global marketplace for unique and creative goods - and continues to operate as a standalone company.
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