Machine Learning Engineer - Recommendation

JD.com is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to join the Joybuy team in Rotterdam, focusing on search and recommendation systems. The role involves system design, development, and deployment of high-quality solutions with a business impact of over GBP 100 million.

• Participate in system design, architecture, and software development of the search and recommendation function.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance high-quality code and solutions.
• Perform code reviews to optimise the technical performance of the solutions.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Communicate and translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Look for opportunities to continuously improve our technology, processes, and practices.
• Work onsite in London.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Professional experience in software development, with recent years focused on search technologies.
• Professional experience in testing and launching software products, as well as software design and architecture.
• Experience with different programming languages and a good grasp of at least one language, such as Python.
• Customer focus with the right balance between outcome delivery and technical excellence.
• Ability to apply technical skills and know-how to solving real-world business problems.
• Good understanding of NLP processing.
• Proficiency in the English language.
• A background or strong understanding of the retail sector, logistics, and/or e-commerce.
• Recent professional software development experience in recommender systems.
• Proficiency in the Chinese language.

• Competitive salary
• Great location
• Supportive people-first culture
• Access to global projects
• Learning opportunities
• Inclusive environment