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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

CompanyOrita
LocationNew York, NY, USA
Salary$180000 – $250000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesPhD
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience, including at least 3 years working on ML systems
  • Deep knowledge of modern machine learning algorithms (tree-based methods, deep learning architectures, transformers/LLMs)
  • Hands-on experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, XGBoost or equivalent frameworks
  • Track record building production-scale ML infrastructures, ideally using GCP (Vertex AI, KubeFlow, BigQuery, etc.)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and distributed training (Spark, Ray, Dask, etc.)
  • Strong proficiency in Python (numpy, pandas, etc.)
  • Experience with scalable data processing (Spark, Ray, BigQuery)
  • Comfortable with advanced experimentation techniques
  • Understanding of performance measurement in real-world deployments
  • Excellent communication—able to explain complex ML concepts to non-technical stakeholders
  • Self-starter mentality with the ability to own projects from ideation to deployment, picking up and learning new technologies as needed

Responsibilities

  • Design, train, and deploy models that directly power our marketing-focused products, primarily for marketing use cases
  • Architect and maintain robust, scalable, MLOps pipelines to ensure reliable training, serving, and monitoring of models in production
  • Drive continuous improvement using A/B testing, uplift modeling, causal inference, and other advanced experimentation frameworks to validate and refine model performance
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams, including the CTO and Director of Data, to align on product goals and foster best practices for machine learning and data engineering across the organization

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with marketing technology or ads is a strong plus
  • Experience with experimental design and methods such as causal inference or uplift modeling
  • Exposure to modeling with LLMs and modern AI tooling
  • Productionizing Reinforcement Learning and Bandit algorithms
  • Ph.D in a technical field
  • Experience in a fast-paced or startup environment
  • You live in or near New York City.