Senior Applied Scientist

WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
Bring in your extensive research experience in developing, evaluating, and deploying GenAI and Computer Vision models to help our customers make better sense out of confusing sizing systems.
Propose, lead, and build bold initiatives with the ownership from development to deployment.
Contribute to our scientific endeavours through external publications in top-tier journals and conferences.
Act as a mentor to junior scientists, foster collaboration with other teams, and actively share knowledge and expertise within Zalando’s science community.
Forge close partnerships with applied science leaders and product managers, and other business stakeholders to deliver state-of-the-art GenAI solutions to our customers and uncover new opportunities for growth.
WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF HAVE
Ph.D or M.Sc. in the field of Computer Science, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
2+ years of research experience in a university or industry, in a role with primary emphasis on AI research.
In-depth experiences in deep learning, in particular generative models and transformers.
Proficiency in Python and PyTorch.
Experience implementing software and executing complex experiments involving large AI models and datasets.
Publication records at top conferences and journals such as CVPR, ICCV/ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML, PAMI, IJCV, etc.
OUR OFFER
Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.
Employee shares program
40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
2 paid volunteering days a year
Hybrid working model with up to 60% remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration
Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
27 days of vacation a year to start for full-time employees
Family services, including counseling and support
Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)
Mental health support and coaching available
Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review
We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
ABOUT SIZE & FIT
At Zalando, we deeply understand that Size Matters. We are excited to use our unique and large article and customer datasets to tackle this challenge using ML and Computer Vision techniques. How about you; would you like to bring in your skills to shape a great experience for your family and friends when buying clothes and shoes online?
You will join our multidisciplinary Zurich & Berlin-based Size and Fit Team, composed of machine learning / computer vision / deep learning researchers, software engineers, and full stack developers from 20+ different nationalities. We provide recommendations and predictions on customer size and fit choices and conduct focused experiments using emerging technologies to solve the challenges.
You will take on this complex and important topic working side by side with our Product Specialists and Applied Scientists. We have great problems to solve, a huge customer base to impact and are a team that loves to have fun. Size and Fit is a human topic. We use machines to help solve our customers’ challenges. But we never forget - size and fit success is defined by how customers feel when they wear fashion.