Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Senior Machine Learning Engineer at C.H. Robinson driving algorithm development and data application in logistics technology.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $127,500 - $295,900 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

CloudDockerElasticSearchKafkaLinuxMongoDBPythonRedisSQL

Key responsibilities & impact

Translate Data Science Algorithms and Methods in R&D stage to stable, durable, and extensible software
Provide thought leadership on best algorithm development practices and hosting technologies
Engineer fully featured and real-time modeling pipelines that leverage the best of containerization, data storage, streaming, and MPP technologies
Engineer and maintain ecosystem of modeling micro-services utilizing best of on-prem and cloud-based elastic compute
Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure in collaboration with stakeholders
Design and engineer high performance computing platforms and algorithms for a wide variety of data
Work with real time data sources and have a knack for identifying scalable data access patterns
Work closely with R&D data science teams to productionize successful models in an on-demand environment

What you’ll need

6+ years of experience software development, scientific computing, and/or algorithm engineering
Experience with implementing REST API endpoints in Python on Linux using Docker
Familiarity with Statistical Algorithms, especially Boosting, Clustering, and Regression
Experience in programming: R and Python
Knowledge of Interfacing with SQL Server databases, HIVE, Kafka, Redis, MongoDb, ElasticSearch
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and a high school diploma/GED

Comp & perks

Three medical plans which include Prescription drug coverage
Enhanced Fertility benefits
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Savings Account (including employer contribution)
Dental and Vision
Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Paid observed holidays
2 paid floating holidays for U.S. hourly employees
Flexible Time Off (FTO) offered to U.S. salaried employees — no accruals and no caps.
Paid Time Off (PTO) offered to all other employees in the U.S. and Canada
Paid parental leave
Paid time off to volunteer in your community
Charitable Giving Match Program
401(k) with 6% company matching
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Plus a broad range of career development, networking, and team-building opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

software developmentscientific computingalgorithm engineeringREST APIPythonRStatistical AlgorithmsBoostingClusteringRegression

Soft Skills

thought leadershipcollaborationprocess improvementautomationoptimization