Machine Learning Engineer (Technical Leadership)

• Drive the team’s ML strategy & technical direction to pursue opportunities that advance machine learning capabilities across the organization
• Design and develop end-to-end machine learning systems, from data pipelines to model training, evaluation, and deployment
• Lead experimentation and A/B testing frameworks to measure and optimize model performance
• Build highly scalable classifiers and ML tools leveraging deep learning, data regression, and rules-based models
• Adapt and optimize machine learning methods for modern parallel environments (e.g., distributed clusters, multicore SMP, and GPU)
• Partner with research teams to translate cutting-edge ML research into production systems
• Mentor and influence ML engineers across organizations, raising the bar for ML best practices
• Identify new ML opportunities for the larger organization and influence staffing/prioritization of these initiatives
• Effectively communicate complex ML systems and architectural decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact
• Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
• Experience in mentoring/influencing engineers across organizations
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term vision
• Experience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
• 12+ years of experience in programming languages (Python, C++, or Java) with technical background
• 8+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, data mining or deep learning based methods, * Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) and ML infrastructure tools
• Familiarity with MLOps practices, model monitoring, and production ML systems
• Experience building and optimizing large-scale model training pipelines
• Experience shipping ML-powered products to millions of users or launching new ML product lines
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Publications or contributions to the ML research community

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