Applied Researcher 2 - Multimodal AI
Core
Develop multimodal intelligence and computer vision models to power inventory search, recommendations, content generation, and live streaming experiences for eBay's global buyers and sellers.
Role type
Senior Applied Researcher (Computer Vision & Multimodal AI)
Builds
Production ML models, agentic pipelines, and multimodal systems for search, video, and live streaming.
Domain
Ecommerce, Computer Vision, Multimodal AI, Large-scale Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Computer vision, Multimodal learning, Visual-language modeling, Foundation models, Agentic AI workflows, Experimental methodology, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow
Preferred skills
Experience in search/recommendations/video domains, Classical computer vision techniques, Data-driven model iteration
Technologies
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Agentic AI frameworks
Responsibilities
Design, train, fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy multimodal models for production; Build agentic/VLM-powered pipelines; Partner with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
