Senior Applied Scientist - Size & Fit | Senior Applied Scientist - Size & Fit (all genders)

Zalando SE

Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
Published Nov 12, 2025
Full-time
No information

Job Summary

This Senior Applied Scientist role is focused on leveraging vast customer and article datasets using cutting-edge Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Deep Learning techniques to solve complex sizing and fit challenges for Zalando's e-commerce platform. Joining a multidisciplinary team based in Zurich and Berlin, the scientist will drive bold research experiments, ultimately providing game-changing size and fit advice to over 50 million customers. Day-to-day responsibilities include proposing, leading, and building scientific initiatives from development through deployment, developing and evaluating advanced deep learning models, and fostering scientific collaboration. The position requires deep expertise in AI research and offers the unique opportunity to contribute to external publications in top-tier conferences while mentoring junior scientists and directly impacting millions of customers' online fashion experience.

Required Skills

Education

Ph.D or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.

Experience

  • 2+ years of research experience in a university or industry, with primary emphasis on AI research
  • Extensive research experience in developing, evaluating, and deploying deep learning models
  • Experience implementing software and executing complex experiments involving large AI models and datasets
  • Experience contributing to scientific endeavors through external publications

Languages

English (Fluent)

Additional

  • Publication records at top conferences and journals (e.g., CVPR, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML).