Senior Machine Learning Engineer

. Design and refine scalable pipelines for training, evaluating, and deploying machine learning models across diverse use cases.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeNew York City • Massachusetts, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $134,400 - $168,000 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

KubernetesPythonTerraform

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and refine scalable pipelines for training, evaluating, and deploying machine learning models across diverse use cases.
Build rigorous testing and statistical validation frameworks to measure model performance and ensure reliability in production.
Optimize models for production readiness, improving computational efficiency, latency, and resource utilization.
Implement real-time monitoring systems to detect data drift, model decay, and performance degradation, proactively maintaining model accuracy.
Partner with cross-functional teammates to design, build, and deploy end-to-end machine learning applications that scale with business growth.
Champion machine learning best practices, including responsible and ethical AI development, documentation, and reproducibility.
Identify and lead technical initiatives that elevate platform capabilities and advance the team’s machine learning standards.

What you’ll need

At least 3 years of software engineering experience designing, building, and operating machine learning and artificial intelligence systems in production environments.
A strong foundation in machine learning and statistics, with proven experience applying them to solve complex, real-world problems.
Hands-on experience managing the full machine learning lifecycle, from data preparation and feature engineering to deployment and monitoring.
Expertise in Python, along with experience in additional languages or tools that support scalable machine learning systems.
Experience working with modern platform and infrastructure technologies such as Databricks, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and collaborate effectively across teams.
A passion for mentoring teammates, sharing knowledge, and fostering technical growth within the team.
The ability to work autonomously, proactively identifying opportunities and driving technical improvements from idea to execution.

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningartificial intelligencestatisticsdata preparationfeature engineeringmodel deploymentmodel monitoringPython

Soft Skills

communicationleadershipcollaborationmentoringautonomyinfluenceproactive problem solving