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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Build and deploy production machine-learning models and data systems that classify and enrich Internet telemetry for internal platforms and customer-facing products. The role requires 5+ years of applied ML, data science, or software engineering experience, plus strong Python or Go skills.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Build and improve machine learning models and data-driven systems that classify, cluster, label, and enrich Internet-observed assets and services.
  • Design and develop applied ML workflows that transform raw Internet telemetry into context for internal systems and customer-facing products.
  • Partner with engineering, research, security, and product teams to develop models, datasets, and feedback loops that improve coverage and quality.
  • Build feature pipelines, training datasets, model evaluation frameworks, confidence-scoring systems, and cloud or on-premises services.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning engineering, or software engineering with applied ML responsibilities.
  • Experience building and deploying machine learning or statistical models in production.
  • Experience programming in Go or Python and applying software engineering practices to maintainable systems.
  • Experience working with large datasets and building pipelines for feature generation, training, or inference.
  • Proficiency with supervised and unsupervised learning techniques, including classification, clustering, similarity scoring, or anomaly detection.
  • Ability to evaluate models using sound statistics and assess precision, recall, accuracy, and confidence tradeoffs.
  • Ability to write understandable, testable, maintainable code.
  • Strong communication skills, including explaining technical concepts, model behavior, and tradeoffs to engineering, research, and product audiences.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience building classification, enrichment, or labeling systems for messy or partially labeled data.
  • Experience deploying models in containerized environments such as Kubernetes.
  • Experience with a cloud provider such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Familiarity with feature stores, model serving, MLOps workflows, or experiment-tracking tools.
  • Familiarity with security, Internet measurement, or network-derived datasets.

Compensation

  • High cost-of-living locations, including San Francisco Bay, New York City, and Seattle: $174,000 USD–$206,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity.
  • All other locations: $151,000 USD–$191,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity.
  • Compensation is localized based on employee work location for remote roles, with a factor of 83%–100% of the listed range.
  • Benefits include equity, health, dental and vision coverage, retirement contributions, parental leave, mental health and wellness benefits, flexible PTO, professional development support, and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.

Skills

Python, Go, Machine Learning, Data Pipelines, Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, MLOps, Model Serving, Feature Stores, Experiment Tracking, Anomaly Detection

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