A leading social online marketplace, Poshmark is hiring for Data Science Internships and various other profiles.
Commenting on the hiring process the company said, “Are you a person who is passionate about using Machine Learning to create and deliver value using data? Poshmark’s Data Science team is looking for an intern who can work with our data scientists to deliver on some of the most challenging Data Science/ML initiatives.”
“As a market leader in Social Commerce, Poshmark faces a unique opportunity to utilize our massive multi-platform social and commerce data to shape social commerce and create value for our users”, the company added.
This internship is providing an opportunity to learn about and contribute to Data Science initiatives across product, marketing, Posh markets, operations, and community and help solve some of the most challenging problems in social commerce like pricing, search ranking, product and people recommendation, fraud prevention and many more.
Duration: 12 weeks
Key responsibilities:
- Partner with other data scientists to deliver the ongoing data science initiatives
- Build Machine Learning models to solve business problems
- Create a readable and comprehensive documentation of your work
- Implement new algorithms or tweak existing algorithms based on research papers
- Work on POCs to establish the feasibility of solving problems the existing team has not yet worked on
Qualifications and skills:
- Persuing or just finished a degree in relevant quantitative field such as Statistics, Math, Computer Science or Data Science
- Familiarity with Data Science and Machine Learning techniques and concepts (e.g. regression, classification, loss functions, evaluation metrics, ensembles, cross validation)
- Hands-on knowledge of Python and data science / ML packages
- Familiarity with SQL – any hands on experience is a big plus
- Familiarity with Spark or any other big data processing framework is a plus
- Good understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Strong understanding of Statistics, Linear Algebra and Calculus
- Ability to implement new algorithms from research papers
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Willingness to learn new tools and techniques to get things done
To Apply for the internship click here. The company is also hiring for various profiles visit the career page or LinkedIn Page.
Poshmark is a leading social marketplace for new and secondhand styles for women, men, kids, pets, homes, and more. The company makes buying and selling simple, social, and sustainable. Its community of more than 80 million registered users across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and India, is driving the future of commerce while promoting more sustainable consumption.
