Senior Applied Machine Learning Engineer

Role Overview

• Work directly with CV researchers to understand their goals, review their code, and engineer it for reliability and performance at scale.
• Profile and optimize performance-sensitive code across both training and real-time inference.
• Identify patterns across research efforts and propose standardized, composable abstractions.
• Collaborate with MLOps and backend engineers to translate recurring research pain points into platform investments through design documents and architecture proposals.
• Guide researchers toward production-oriented engineering practices regarding testability, modularity, and performance profiling.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years working on ML systems.
• Experience working on production ML systems. Our team uses Python and PyTorch, Docker for containerization, and deploys on AWS.
• Experience with data-intensive distributed systems, including optimizing I/O, GPU utilization, and parallel processing.
• Experience working directly with researchers or research teams to take their prototypes and deliver production systems that are performant, reliable, and maintainable.
• Experience building internal libraries, tools, or platforms that other engineers depend on.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Distributed Systems
• Docker
• Python
• PyTorch

Benefits

• Work remotely throughout the US* or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.
• Unlimited vacation policy.
• Paid volunteer opportunities.
• Technology stipend
• $4,000 every 2 years after your start to make sure you have the latest and greatest technology.
• WFH stipend
• $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.
• Monthly physical, mental, wellness & learning stipend offered through Holisticly.
• Monthly lifestyle stipend offered through Fringe.
• Full health benefits
• medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents.
• Retirement savings
• Traditional and Roth 401K plans are offered through Vanguard, with an immediate company match.
• Life insurance
• basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.
• Disability leave
• short-term disability and long-term disability.
• Company paid parental leave
• up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Family building benefits offered through Progyny.
• DICK'S Sporting Goods and their family of brands teammate discount.