Machine Learning Engineer, Search and Ranking Systems

Posted:
9/29/2025, 4:41:18 AM

Location(s):
Porto, Portugal

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
AI & Machine Learning ⋅ Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry. The Farfetch Marketplace connects customers in over 190 countries and territories with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,400 of the world’s best brands, boutiques, and department stores, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a global marketplace.

PORTO
Our office is near Porto, in the north of Portugal, and is located in a vibrant business hub. It offers a dynamic and welcoming environment where our employees can connect and network with a large community of tech professionals. 

TECHNOLOGY
We're on a mission to build end-to-end products and technology that powers the an incredible e-commerce experience for luxury customers everywhere, understanding the motivations and needs of our customers and partners, to designing and testing hypotheses, to creating industry-leading experiences for luxury customers.

THE ROLE
We're looking for a highly skilled Machine Learning Engineer to join our Search and Ranking team, a core function at the heart of our e-commerce platform. Our mission is to connect customers with the perfect products by delivering a fast, relevant, and personalized search experience. You will be at the forefront of this effort, tackling the unique challenges of search in the luxury fashion space, from understanding nuanced queries to ranking thousands of products accurately.
You'll be instrumental in designing, building, and scaling our next generation of search and ranking systems, leveraging a powerful tech stack that includes advanced retrieval models and multimodal models.
You will work within a dynamic, interdisciplinary team of software engineers, data scientists, and machine learning engineers to productionize cutting-edge research and directly influence the technical direction of our platform. If you are passionate about building robust, scalable AI systems that solve complex, real-world problems, this role is for you.