AI Machine Learning Engineer II

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Applications are accepted until further notice.

You will join a dynamic engineering team, building AI/ML solutions and collaborating closely with various teams, including platform, security, release engineering, and support, to deliver the product. You will also contribute to ensuring the product's smooth operation.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and implementing applications based on generative large language models, such as GPT‑4, Claude, Llama, and their derivatives, ensuring they meet business requirements. Your duties will include optimizing these generative AI applications for optimal performance, scalability, and reliability. You will engage in red teaming activities to validate the robustness and precision of the applications.

Staying up‑to‑date with the latest advancements in AI and machine learning is expected, as is suggesting how new technologies might be implemented. Additionally, you will design and develop APIs to facilitate interactions with AI models. Addressing and resolving any issues that arise from AI applications will be an integral part of your responsibilities.

• Collaborates with cross‑functional teams to capture, preprocess, and load data for model training, and participates in model architecture discussions.
• Develops, customizes, and fine‑tunes machine learning models and their layers to address business needs and reduce complexity.
• Conducts model training using predefined optimization techniques, including hyperparameter tuning, to ensure models align with problem statements.
• Evaluates model performance using standard metrics and contributes to end‑to‑end automation and deployment efforts.
• Writes high‑quality, production‑ready code for platform‑based deployment, supports embedded engineering teams in deploying models, and ensures models meet business objectives.

• Completion within the past 3 years, or current enrollment with expected completion within 12 months, of a Bachelors + 2 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree program + 0 years of relevant experience. Relevant fields include:
  Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related program.
• Deep understanding of various machine learning algorithms, including supervised learning (classification, regression), unsupervised learning (clustering, dimensionality reduction), or semi‑supervised learning.

• Proficient in deploying and scaling ML models using cloud services such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure.
• Experienced with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and ML model monitoring tools.
• Knowledgeable in big data technologies including Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka.
• Skilled in Go/Java for backend development and integration with data science applications.
• Demonstrated background in machine learning, generative AI, and time series analytics through coursework, research, publications, or industry experience, and effective collaboration with cross‑functional teams to deliver production‑ready ML solutions.

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