Machine Learning Engineer – Inference Platform

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. Design, build, and maintain scalable systems for serving machine learning models in production .

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeRemote • 🇦🇺 AustraliaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain scalable systems for serving machine learning models in production
Optimise inference performance, including latency, throughput, and cost efficiency
Collaborate with ML researchers and engineers to productionise models
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system reliability
Contribute to platform tooling that improves developer experience and ML workflows
Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure and drive technical enhancements across the platform
Provide on-call support to the services supported by the team

Requirements

What you’ll need

Passionate about building reliable, scalable systems
Experience with backend systems
Exposure to deploying or supporting machine learning models in production
Comfortable collaborating across teams
Eager to learn and grow in a fast-paced, product-driven environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learninginference performancesystem reliabilitybackend systemsmonitoringloggingalertingscalable systemsinfrastructure improvementtechnical enhancements

Soft Skills

collaborationpassion for reliabilityeagerness to learnadaptabilityteamworkcommunicationproblem-solvinggrowth mindsetdeveloper experience focusfast-paced environment