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PPicnic
PicnicE-commerce

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Work type

Onsite

Employment

Full Time

Experience

5+ years

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

Posted

6d ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

As a Machine Learning Engineer at Picnic, you will design and deploy intelligent systems to solve our company’s biggest challenges. Beyond building models, you will productionize them with strong monitoring and seamless integration into operational systems. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure the right problems are solved and that solutions deliver real-world impact.

As a Machine Learning Engineer at Picnic, you will design and deploy intelligent systems to solve our company’s biggest challenges. Beyond building models, you will productionize them with strong monitoring and seamless integration into operational systems. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure the right problems are solved and that solutions deliver real-world impact.


All using high quality data. Our data is registered, logged, and consistent, enabling you to focus on building and improving models rather than cleaning data. This role combines the skills of a consultant, software engineer, and applied mathematician.


Tricks of the trade

  • Identify and execute improvement possibilities together with other ML Engineers and (product) analysts

  • Collaborate on your project from inception to production, to continuous improvement

  • Develop tools and enhancements for our cloud-based Machine Learning platform

You could work on various projects and fields, such as:

  • Demand forecasting: delivery, article, trip volumes, used Picnic-wide

  • Fraud detection: helping us keep troublemakers out of our store

  • Recommendation systems: generating useful in-app grocery suggestions

  • Search and ranking: helping our customers find exactly what they need

  • Predicting delivery drop-off times: making sure we’re on-time at every customer’s door

  • Vision: ensuring quality control and smooth operations within our warehouses


We’re looking for

  • Master’s degree or higher in AI, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field

  • 5+ years of experience in data science or applied machine learning

  • Excellent communication skills, you can clearly explain complex ideas in non-technical terms and enjoy working closely with business stakeholders to solve problems together

  • Experienced in designing, deploying, and maintaining production ML systems, with solid software engineering and ML principles

  • Strong Python and SQL skills

  • Able to define the long-term vision and technical architecture for ML solutions within your domain

  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI is a plus


Picnic Perks

Teamwork makes the dream work

With more than 80 nationalities across 3 countries, you’ll be part of a diverse company with plenty of cool stuff to get involved with, from board game evenings to after-work drinks to our company ski trip and more!


Make a difference

You’ll work in an awesome startup environment with the freedom to drive your own projects and create a visible impact. Our fully electric vehicles and sustainable business model mean you’ll also be contributing to making the world a better place!


Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacks

Our offices are equipped with fully-fledged coffee bars and a kitchen and chefs. They prepare delicious fresh and warm lunches every day so you can keep your energy up.


Health insurance discount & bike plan

We have a partnership with CZ (a health insurance provider). Picnic employees get a discount on CZ insurance packages between 5% and 15%. Furthermore, through our partnership with Lease a Bike, you can rent-to-own a new (e)bike at a discounted rate


Relocation

If you’re moving from another country to join Picnic we make it as smooth as possible for you. We’ll cover your flight costs for you and your partner and kids, your first month's rent and moving costs (up to €2000), and help you with the 30% tax ruling setup and application.


All the rest

At Picnic you get 25 holidays, we cover your travel expenses and offer a pension plan. And your phone and laptop are on us, as well.

Updated 6d ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Machine Learning Engineering • 1+ yrs
Python • 1+ yrs
SQL • 1+ yrs
Docker • 1+ yrs
Kubernetes • 1+ yrs
CI/CD • 1+ yrs
Software Engineering • 1+ yrs
Communication • 1+ yrs

Experience

5+ years

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Software Engineering

Industries

Retail

Employment

Full Time

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyUSD
PeriodYearly

Benefits and perks

Health Insurance
Relocation Assistance
Company Laptop

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationAmsterdam, Netherlands
Work typeOnsite
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleHigh8/10
physicalLow2/10
cognitiveHigh9/10
executionHigh8/10
creativityHigh8/10
uncertaintyMedium7/10
communicationHigh8/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

Picnic

Team size

Growing team

Location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

When you join Picnic, you’re joining the shopping revolution, delivering groceries to millions of people across Europe, and we’re growing fast. Think super fresh products and personal service, but in a modern, sustainable way. The tech team at Picnic is at the core of Picnic. From deep learning models to forecast orders to delivery algorithms to warehouse logistics: we’ve built it all from the ground up. You’ll thrive here if you’re a problem solver with a pro-active mindset who’s not afraid to be challenged daily.

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Amsterdam, NetherlandsFull Time