Senior Applied Scientist - Lead Optimization (Remote - UK)

Yelp Inc. • birmingham, england, United-Kingdom • Posted June 12, 2026

Location birmingham, england
Job Type Full-time
Category Other
Posted June 12, 2026

We are looking for an entrepreneurial, self-driven machine learning scientist who will help invent the future of optimization at Yelp. In this role, you’ll hone your skills in ML techniques like GBDT, ensemble models, and embeddings while building scalable industrial systems.

Yelp engineering culture is driven by our values: we’re a cooperative team that values individual authenticity and encourages creative solutions to problems. All new engineers deploy working code their first week, and we strive to broaden individual impact with support from managers, mentors, and teams. At the end of the day, we’re all about helping our users, growing as engineers, and having fun in a collaborative environment.

This opportunity requires you to be located in the United Kingdom. We’d love to have you apply, even if you don’t feel you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Yelp, we’re looking for great people, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.

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