Senior Data Scientist

Title of role: Senior Data Scientist
Location: New York or Boston; Hybrid (2 days in the office required) 
Approved Salary Range: 145k- 150k 

 

About the Role:

Rue Gilt Groupe is hiring a Senior Data Scientist to build and ship the personalization systems behind Rue La La, Gilt, and ShopSimon. You will own products end to end, not just the models behind them: from problem framing and success metrics through feature engineering, training, real-time serving, and monitoring, and see your work reach 50M+ members every day.

Flash sale off-price is one of the hardest settings in e-commerce for recommendations. Inventory is limited and short-lived, new products and boutiques launch daily, and cold start is the norm, not the edge case. If that sounds like a fun problem, we would like to talk.

Key Responsibilities:

• Personalization at scale: Ranking and recommendation models that power product discovery across boutiques, product pages, and our AI shopping assistant
• Core algorithms: Boutique sort, similar styles, complete the look, and real-time reranking that blends member intent with merchandising goals
• Exploration and learning: Contextual bandits and adaptive strategies that adjust the experience to how each member likes to shop
• Product and model ownership: Shape the roadmap and success metrics with Product, then build the production training and inference pipelines, batch and real-time, with the monitoring and reliability to match
• Experimentation: Design offline evaluation and online A/B tests, and turn results into clear decisions with Product and Merchandising
• GenAI where it helps: Use LLMs and embeddings where they improve recommendations, and expose models as tools the shopping assistant can call
• Cross-functional impact: Partner with engineering, product, marketing, and merchandising teams, and present your work to leadership

Experience and Background Needed:

• Contextual bandits, reinforcement learning, or cold-start techniques
• Embeddings, two-tower or sequence models, and vector search
• Databricks (MLflow, Unity Catalog, Model Serving) or GCP (Gemini Enterprise Platform)
• Production LLM for inference, RAG, evaluation, or agent tool calling
• E-commerce, retail, or fashion experience
• Deriving insights from complex data through analysis and modeling

Our Stack:

• Databricks, Python, SQL, Spark, PyTorch, GCP (Gemini Enterprise Platform), and AWS.

 

About the AI & Data Science Team

We are a small, senior team that owns the product, the science, and the production systems. There is no handoff between deciding what to build, building the model, and shipping it, so you carry your work from idea to launch. You will have the freedom to try new techniques, the data to test them, and a direct line from your work to member experience and revenue.

 

What Our Team Offers 

Working at RGG is more than just a job; it’s an opportunity to join a mission-driven team that values Innovation and Impact. We are committed to supporting our employees' success and well-being: 

• Comprehensive Coverage: Robust health, dental, and vision insurance effective on the date of hire. 

• Time & Flexibility: Generous Flex Time Off (FTO) and flexible remote/hybrid work options that support a healthy work-life balance. 

• Culture: A supportive, inclusive culture that encourages innovation, safety, and creative risk-taking. 

• Community: Paid volunteer opportunities and regular DEI celebrations to foster a strong sense of community and collaboration. 

• Impact: The chance to make a real, measurable impact at a mission-driven, fast-growing company poised for major expansion. 

We encourage you to apply 

Even if you don’t meet every single qualification, we’d still love to hear from you. We value passion, curiosity, and a commitment to learning as much as experience.  We celebrate diverse perspectives and strive to create an inclusive environment for all our Associates.  

Work Authorization 

Rue Gilt Groupe requires all applicants to be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future. Rue Gilt Groupe is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. 

Rue Gilt Groupe is committed to providing Associates with equal pay for equal work and carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to, prior experience, education, certification(s), license(s), skills and expertise, location, internal equity, and other factors that are job related and consistent with business need. Our goal is to support, reward and compensate the entire individual. Depending on role eligibility, your offer may also include bonus/commission, stock options, paid time off, medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance. Therefore, final offer amounts may vary from the amount stated. 

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the employee(s) assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the employee(s) assigned to this job. Rue Gilt Groupe reserves the right at any time, with or without notice, to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions or assign additional job responsibilities within your general skill set or capabilities. Rue Gilt Groupe is proud to be an Equal Opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.