Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Computer Vision, Liveness Detection, Spoofing

Mitek Systems

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer developing models for identity verification, focusing on biometric authentication and computer vision initiatives in a flexible remote environment.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonPyTorchTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead applied ML initiatives that power the next-generation Identity Verification (IDV) engine
Work across the full lifecycle—from data collection and organization to model design, training, evaluation, deployment, and production monitoring
Deliver accurate, efficient, and resilient models in real-world adversarial environments
Focus on biometric identity verification, face liveness detection, presentation attack detection (PAD), and anti-spoofing technologies
Develop and improve systems designed to detect fraud, replay attacks, deepfakes, and other forms of identity manipulation

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience)
5+ years of experience in applied machine learning, computer vision, or ML engineering with strong software engineering fundamentals (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
Strong Python programming skills
Experience developing and deploying computer vision models for image classification, detection, segmentation, or related image-based learning tasks in production environments
Hands-on experience designing, training, evaluating, and optimizing deep learning models using PyTorch or TensorFlow
Strong computer vision background
Experience working with large-scale image datasets
Proven ability to build reliable training and inference pipelines
Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Universal, supplemental, and private healthcare plan choices based on country specifics
retirement/pension plan contributions
MTK stock plan participation
life event & disability coverage
generous annual leave
company holidays
volunteer time off
e-learning license
tuition reimbursement
hackathons
home office setup allowance
pet insurance
identity theft protection
legal assistance

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Hard Skills & Tools

applied machine learningcomputer visionPythondeep learningimage classificationimage detectionimage segmentationPyTorchTensorFlowtraining and inference pipelines

Soft Skills

communicationcollaboration

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor's degree in Computer Engineering