Skip to content

Staff Machine Learning Systems Engineer

230k – 322kUnited StatesRemote8+ YOE
Summary

Leads development of large-scale ML platforms, focusing on MLOps, graph ML infrastructure, performance optimization, and distributed training pipelines. Requires 8+ years in ML infrastructure with expertise in Python, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Ray, and cloud tools.

About the role

What You’ll Do:

  • Design end-to-end model lifecycle patterns (MLOps) to boost velocity of development for ML engineers, including data preparation, model management, experiment tracking, and more
  • Zero-to-one development and support of a graph ML codebase and platform that abstracts away common patterns and enables greater model scalability and iteration
  • Collaborate with ML engineers on performance tuning, including improving model training time, efficiency, and GPU training costs in a large, distributed ML training environment
  • Optimize batch data processing within a data warehouse and with tools such as Apache Beam, Apache Spark, Ray Data, and more
  • Architect pipelines to build and maintain massive graph data structures on the order of billions of nodes and tens of billions of edges

Who You Might Be:

  • 8+ years of experience in ML infrastructure, including model training and model deployments
  • Hands-on experience with ML optimization, including memory and GPU profiling
  • Deep experience with cloud-based technologies for supporting an ML platform, including tools like GCP BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), and more
  • Hands-on experience administering and integrating MLOps tools for experiment tracking, model serving, and model registries (e.g. MLflow or Wandb)
  • Proficiency with the common programming languages and frameworks of ML, such as Python, PyTorch, Tensorflow, etc.
  • Deep experience working with distributed training frameworks, including Ray and Kubernetes
  • Strong focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and ease of use. You are an undying advocate for platform users and have a deep intuition for the machine learning development lifecycle.
  • Strong organizational & communication skills
  • Experience working with graph databases (Neo4j, JanusGraph, TigerGraph) is a big plus
  • Experience working with graph neural networks (GNNs) and associated graph ML frameworks (PyTorch Geometric, Deep Graph Library) is a big plus
Skills
PythonPyTorchTensorFlowKubernetesRayMLflowWandbTerraformApache SparkApache BeamGCP BigQueryGoogle Cloud StoragePyTorch GeometricDeep Graph LibraryNeo4j
Similar roles at this salary range
All ML Engineering jobs →
Databricks

Staff Software Engineer, AI Runtime

Staff Software Engineer building and scaling Databricks' managed large-scale GPU training platform (AIR). Focus on distributed training performance, scheduling, fault tolerance, and developer experience for thousands of accelerators.

190k – 265kMountain View, CA +1ML EngineeringOn-siteFSDPRoCE
Airbnb

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Communication & Connectivity

Lead ML architecture and implementation for Airbnb's Messaging & Notifications, building recommendation engines, ranking systems, and LLM-powered experiences while mentoring engineers.

244k – 305kUnited StatesML EngineeringRemotePythonAI Systems
Traba

Staff Software Engineer

Founding Staff Applied Agent Engineer to architect and lead Traba's agentic platform, building production LLM/agent systems that integrate with customer WMS/TMS/ERP and drive industrial operations. Requires 7+ years engineering experience with 2+ years building production agent systems.

240k – 300kNew York, NY +1ML EngineeringOn-siteLLMKafka
Traba

Senior Software Engineer

Founding Senior Applied Agent Engineer building production LLM agent systems that automate supply chain workflows. Requires 5+ years engineering experience with 1+ year shipping LLM/agent features, strong Python/TypeScript skills, and hands-on agent stack experience.

200k – 240kNew York, NY +1ML EngineeringOn-sitePythonNode.js
Cribl

Staff Software Engineer, Cribl AI

Staff-level AI/ML engineer building and productionizing generative AI features across backend and frontend for Cribl's observability platform. Requires 6+ years experience, AI/ML and MLOps background, and TypeScript/JavaScript proficiency.

225k – 265kUnited StatesML EngineeringRemoteLLMsReact