Senior Applied Scientist | Senior Applied Scientist (all genders)

Zalando SE

Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
Published Sep 26, 2025
Full-time
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Job Summary

As a Senior Applied Scientist at Zalando Marketing Services, you will be instrumental in advancing Ad-Tech within the fashion domain through cutting-edge recommendation and personalization solutions. Your daily work will involve leading the research and development of AI-heavy projects, focusing on real-time recommendations for sponsored products and campaign advertisements. You will leverage your expertise in Recsys, Machine/Reinforcement Learning, and Causal Inference to tackle open-research problems and develop long-term scientific roadmaps for complex challenges like customer behavior modeling. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a visible impact, collaborate with diverse talents, and mentor junior colleagues, all while contributing to Zalando's inclusive and innovative culture.

Required Skills

Education

PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics OR MSc with proven publications track in top-tier conferences (e.g., SIGIR, KDD, Recsys, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML, JMLR)

Experience

  • At least 3 years of industry or industry-related research experience in Machine Learning/Data Science/Deep Learning
  • Extensive hands-on experience in deep learning
  • Experience in project leadership and mentoring junior colleagues
  • Professional experience in explaining project details, benefits, and impact to diverse audiences
  • Experience in Advertising/Ecommerce is a plus
  • Background in Economics is a plus

Languages

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Additional

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