Job Description

Create a healthier, brighter future for pets, pet parents and people!

If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what’s right for pets, people and our planet.

• We love all pets like our own
• We’re the future of the pet industry
• We’re here to improve lives
• We drive outstanding results together
• We’re welcome as we are

Petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and Petco partners. We are 29,000 strong, working together across 1,500+ pet care centers, 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics, eight distribution centers and two support centers.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop end-to-end machine learning pipelines, emphasizing scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand business goals and translate them into ML engineering solutions.
• Create and fine-tune machine learning models, ensuring they meet high standards of predictive accuracy and robustness.
• Implement MLOps best practices for model training, testing, and deployment.
• Apply expertise in recommender systems to design personalized recommendation algorithms.
• Leverage NLP and embeddings to extract insights from unstructured data and improve natural language understanding.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in ML engineering, generative AI, and related technologies.
• Collaborate with data engineers, software developers, and other stakeholders to integrate ML models into production systems.
• Document and communicate findings, methodologies, and insights effectively to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in data science and machine learning engineering.
• Strong coding skills in Python and proficiency with machine learning libraries and frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Experience with cloud platforms
• Expertise in building and deploying machine learning models at scale.
• Knowledge of MLOps practices and tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git).
• Familiarity with setting up and maintaining real-time APIs is a plus.
• Deep understanding of LLM concepts and generative AI techniques.
• Proven experience with recommender systems, NLP, and embeddings.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

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Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.

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