Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Headspace

Staff Machine Learning Engineer developing AI and ML solutions for Headspace's mental health platform. Leading the creation of personalized features and supporting holistic user experience.

Posted 5/5/2026full-time🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $140,400 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonPyTorchScikit-LearnTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the development of recommender systems for Headspace meditation & mindfulness content
Build high quality features that improve members’ lives
Contribute to the design, development, and evolution of our AI systems
Partner with our team of software engineers, ML engineers, and MLOps engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or a related field OR equivalent experience
5+ years of ML engineering experience in an academic or professional setting, programming in Python
5+ years of experience with any of the following fundamental technologies: vector search, embedding models, recommender systems, supervised, unsupervised machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, LLM orchestration, RAG systems.
3+ years of experience with modern NLP tools and machine learning libraries (scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, spaCy)
Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, version control
Strong problem solving and communication skills and ability to influence across internal organizations
Mentorship of junior engineers and contribution to DEIB initiatives

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive healthcare coverage
monthly wellness stipend
retirement savings match
lifetime Headspace membership
generous parental leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningPythonvector searchembedding modelsrecommender systemssupervised machine learningunsupervised machine learningdeep learningreinforcement learningNLP

Soft Skills

problem solvingcommunicationinfluencementorshipcollaboration

Certifications

Bachelor of Science degreeComputer ScienceStatisticsMathematics