Combining billions of historical records and family trees to help people discover their family history requires a forward-thinking mindset. Our world-class leadership team has enabled us to pioneer cutting-edge technologies and chart a path toward the future.
“I have never been more confident in the future success of Ancestry. We're the global leader in Family History with a strong brand, world-class technology, exceptional talent and the world's largest consumer DNA database and we put our customers at the center of everything we do."
“It’s an honor to join Ancestry, a cutting-edge tech company, with a very human mission. I am excited to lead our marketing efforts, drive even stronger relationships with our existing consumers and broaden our impact through cultural connections, innovation, and transformative storytelling that empowers journeys of family history discovery.”
“For more than a decade, Ancestry has applied AI and machine learning to billions of historical records to deliver unique discoveries to its customers about their own family history. With developments in generative AI, Ancestry is now exploring applications to provide an even richer and more enlightening experience.”
“At Ancestry, we use technology to revolutionize how people discover, capture, and share their family histories. From AI-powered record indexing to advanced media tools, we make family history exploration more accessible and engaging. Our mission is driven by technology, making personal discovery easier and more meaningful than ever before.”
Working in family history and genealogy provides our data science team with exciting challenges and questions. Our teams at Ancestry are oftentimes the first to find viable solutions to these challenges and questions, which directly helps our customers to continue learning more about their own journeys.
From information extraction in unstructured documents and handwriting recognition to natural language processing and computer vision—join our team as we focus on deep learning techniques related to information processing that is helping shape the industry and our customer’s lives.
With access to tens of millions of users’ DNA data, our AncestryDNA Science team asks groundbreaking questions about traits and human history. To answer those questions, they analyze vast amounts of genetic data, develop novel methods, calculate telling statistics, and turn their findings into meaningful new features for our customers.
Every new feature allows our users to learn more about themselves, and for us to develop new questions and dig deeper into the science. Be at the forefront of major advancements in human genetics as a member of our DNA Science team.
Each time a customer interacts with one of our products, they search to uncover new information while having a delightful experience. Our engineering teams are responsible for building application platforms and products to deliver meaningful journeys of discovery.
Join our engineering team using cutting-edge technologies to scale, evolve, and build new features and product offerings globally.
AncestryProGenealogists®, or ProGen, is the professional genealogical research division of Ancestry. The ProGen team of more than 120 professionals spans the globe as they strive to find solutions to clients’ most vexing genealogical mysteries.
Since the beginning, our ProGen team has been passionate, innovative, and continually curious—allowing them to help establish Ancestry as the premier brand and vehicle to bring to life the stories of generations of our subscribers’ families. Join our ProGen team as they continue to empower journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives.
As Ancestry pioneers new, innovative products and technologies, the Product Management team sits at the helm of these innovative projects. The Product Management team oversees the delivery of quality products to customers by guiding cross functional teams through project strategy and execution that is all rooted in deep user understanding.
Through collaboration and teamwork, the Product Management team is able to help the company solve complex problems. The team is encouraged to work together to test, learn, iterate, share, and move the product forward each and every day. As a Product Manager at Ancestry, you’ll help build unique, industry-leading products each and every day.
Ancestry customers come from a variety of backgrounds, and creating life-changing products and solutions for all is a massive responsibility for our User Experience team. The team doesn’t take this responsibility lightly and is passionate about finding user-friendly, intuitive solutions for our users.
Using data-rich insights to drive decision making, our team designs human-centric products that are used by millions on a daily basis.
Ancestry’s Postdoc program is a funded, 2-3 year training program, with the exact length dependent on the specific research project. Postsdocs gain valuable experience and mentorship at Ancestry that enhance and expand their skills to prepare them for a successful career.
Ancestry's Postdoc program is designed for individuals who have received their Ph.D. and are looking to gain research experience in industry, while developing professionally under the mentorship of Ancestry DNA scientists.
We will notify you whenever we have opportunities that match your strengths and interests.
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“I'm grateful to have spent more than twenty-five years at Ancestry doing meaningful, challenging, and ever-changing work. But the best part is the great coworkers who have been along for the ride.”
“When we hear the stories of the ways that Ancestry has benefited the lives of customers and their families by helping them to discover, connect, and strengthen connections, I find satisfaction in knowing that my work at Ancestry is time well-spent for such a worthy cause.”
"For me, Ancestry has been a continuous learning experience. Ancestry has so many knowledgeable and driven people who are incredibly generous with their time. Learning from my colleagues and building new discovery opportunities for our customers has been the most compelling reason to stay at Ancestry for 14 years."
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