About Gap Inc.
Our brands bridge the gaps we see in the world. Old Navy democratizes style to ensure everyone has access to quality fashion at every price point. Athleta unleashes the potential of every woman, regardless of body size, age or ethnicity. Banana Republic believes in sustainable luxury for all. And Gap inspires the world to bring individuality to modern, responsibly made essentials.
This simple idea—that we all deserve to belong, and on our own terms—is core to who we are as a company and how we make decisions. Our team is made up of thousands of people across the globe who take risks, think big, and do good for our customers, communities, and the planet. Ready to learn fast, create with audacity and lead boldly? Join our team.
About The Role
The Recommendations Data Science Team at Gap Inc. leverages advanced machine learning to power customer experiences across our digital platforms through personalized product recommendations. Our mission is to build scalable, production-ready recommendation systems that support brand strategies and drive engagement and conversion for Gap Inc. and its family of brands. In this high impact role, you will build data pipelines and help to build and deploy deep learning models that power real-time personalization, optimize product ranking, and improve recommendation relevance across our digital platform. You will work closely with GapTech, Product Management, and business partners to ship recommendations optimizations that delight our customers.
What You'll Do
- Develop and deploy automated large-scale ETL pipelines that power state of the art recommendations algorithms
- Collaborate with other data scientists in the team to assist in building AI (ML / Deep Learning) models, iterating on new experimental ideas, and building statistical approaches to evaluate model performance
- Manage unit testing and integration testing frameworks using pytest to ship bug-free code
- Build and maintain dashboards in GCP, Databricks, etc. to monitor the health of the deployed recs systems
- Collaborate with non-technical teams such as Product and brands to translate model performance improvements into potential business impact
Who You Are
- Advanced proficiency using SQL, Python, and Spark for designing and maintaining data pipelines for model training and inference, with a focus on writing production-quality code
- Keen interest to work cross-functionally across MLOps and Engineering to deploy models to production
- Experience with ML and classical predictive techniques such as logistic regression, decision trees, nonlinear regressions, ANN/CNN, boosted trees, SVM, visualization packages, and a track record for creating business impact with these methods
- Prior experience in applying deep learning techniques (using PyTorch and Tensorflow) and contextual bandits highly desirable
- Exposure to Azure, GCP, Databricks, Kubernetes, Cosmos, New Relic, Grafana a bonus
Benefits at Gap Inc.
- Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
- One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.*
- Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.*
- Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.*
- Employee stock purchase plan.*
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.*
- See more of the benefits we offer.
- For eligible employees
Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.
Salary Range: $109,600 - $137,000 USD
Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location. We will meet minimum wage or minimum of the pay range (whichever is higher) based on city, county and state requirements.
