Kurt Smith

Kurt Smith is a senior machine learning professional who has held leadership roles in the field of artificial intelligence and data science. Here are some key details about Kurt Smith's career and role at DoorDash:

Role at DoorDash

Kurt Smith served as the Senior Manager of Machine Learning for New Verticals at DoorDash. In this position, he was responsible for leading machine learning efforts related to DoorDash's expansion into new business areas beyond food delivery, such as:

• Grocery delivery
• Convenience store delivery
• Alcohol delivery
• Pet food delivery

His team focused on developing machine learning solutions to power these new verticals at DoorDash.3

Responsibilities

As the Senior Manager for New Verticals ML, Kurt likely oversaw:

• Building recommendation systems for substitutions when grocery items are unavailable1
• Improving product search capabilities to handle a wider range of items beyond restaurants2
• Developing ML models to optimize operations for new delivery categories
• Leading a team of machine learning engineers and data scientists

Career Background

Prior to his role at DoorDash, Kurt's career included:

• Working as a Technical Staff member at Inflection AI (2023 - present)5
• Manager of Styling Algorithm Development at Stitch Fix (2018 - 2020)5

Kurt has approximately 15.9 years of experience in areas such as machine learning, mathematical modeling, statistical modeling, and working with technologies like R.6

Recruitment Activities

While at DoorDash, Kurt was actively involved in growing the New Verticals machine learning team. He posted on LinkedIn about open positions for:

• Senior Machine Learning Engineers to work on grocery and new verticals3
• Machine Learning roles on the Catalog ML team4

This indicates he played a key role in building out DoorDash's machine learning capabilities for their expanding business areas.