Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Relevance

Patreon

Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Patreon developing ML systems for creator discovery. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve content relevance on the platform.

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeNew York City • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $212,000 - $318,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conduct exploratory data analyses and proof-of-concept machine learning models to understand opportunities and potential project impact.
Collaborate with cross-functional partners (product, engineering, design, legal, and trust and safety) to design effective machine learning solutions.
Analyze and prepare training data, using crowdsourcing data labeling techniques.
Train and iterate on machine learning models using novel techniques.
Deploy machine learning models to production and write necessary backend code.
Debug models when observability shows performance gaps, and iterate on models.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in an end-to-end machine learning team environment
Clean coding in Python or other programming languages
Systematic debugging of complex systems
Thorough dataset analysis for product and customer insights
Clear technical documentation for varied audiences
Feedback incorporation on code, models, and technical approaches
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive benefits package including salary and equity plans
Healthcare
Flexible time off
Company holidays and recharge days
Commuter benefits
Lifestyle stipends
Learning and development stipends
Patronage
Parental leave
401k plan with matching

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningPythondata analysisdata labelingmodel trainingmodel deploymentbackend codingdebuggingtechnical documentation

Soft Skills

collaborationfeedback incorporationcommunication