# Forward Deployed Machine Learning Engineer

**Company:** [Adaption Labs](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/adaption-labs)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Data Modeling, Model Fine-Tuning, Adaptive Learning
**Posted:** 2026-04-16

> Builds custom production-grade ML solutions for customer problems by identifying platform gaps, implementing fixes, and owning outcomes from discovery to deployment. Requires 4+ years experience including customer-facing roles, strong ML frameworks knowledge, and data modeling expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- **Find and Unlock Alpha**: Go deep on customer problems and data workflows to identify the highest-leverage opportunities others miss, then build the solutions that capture them.
- **Ship What's Missing**: When the product doesn't cover it, you do. Identify gaps through hands-on customer engagement and implement production-grade ML solutions that fill them.
- **Raise the Bar**: Develop compelling demos, deliver technical presentations to senior stakeholders, and set the standard for what great looks like across our customer base.
- **Own the Outcome**: You're not handing off a deck — you're a strategic and technical partner from discovery through deployment, accountable for results.

## Qualifications
- 4+ years of industry experience, including 2+ years in a customer-facing technical role.
- Strong software engineering skills and familiarity with ML frameworks (e.g., **PyTorch**, **JAX**, **TensorFlow**).
- Solid understanding of data modeling for training and how curation decisions shape model performance.
- Experience training or fine-tuning models using human feedback, reward signals, or other adaptive learning techniques.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to operate across varied customer environments and tech stacks.
- A mindset of ownership, curiosity, and a bias toward action.

## Benefits
- Flexible work: In-person collaboration in the Bay Area, a distributed global-first team, and quarterly offsites.
- Adaption Passport: Annual travel stipend to explore a country you've never visited.
- Lunch Stipend: Weekly meal allowance for take-out or grocery delivery.
- Well-Being: Comprehensive medical benefits and generous paid time off.

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