Job Title : Senior Machine Learning Engineer Applied AI
The candidate should be :
- A strong software engineer with deep ML expertise
- A pragmatic data scientist
- Skilled in building robust, scalable ML applications
- Able to bridge ML research and production-ready systems
Key Responsibilities :
End-to-End ML Application Development : Design, develop, deploy ML models / systems into production (robust, scalable, high-performing)Software Design & Architecture : Create clean, modular, testable ML pipelines, APIs, services; make architectural decisionsML Model Development & Optimization : Collaborate for business understanding, explore data, build / train / evaluate ML models learning), optimize modelsData Engineering for ML : Build data pipelines for feature engineering, data handling / versioningMLOps & Productionization : Implement best practices (CICD, auto-testing, model versioning / monitoring, alerting for drift / bias)Performance & Scalability : Diagnose / fix bottlenecks, make models scalable / reliableCollaboration / Mentorship : Work with cross-functional teams (data scientists, SW engineers, PMs, DevOps), possibly mentor juniorsResearch / Innovation : Stay updated on ML / MLOps tech, suggest / explore improvementsDocumentation : Write clear docs for ML models, pipelines, servicesRequired Qualifications :
Education : Bachelors or Masters in CS, ML, Data Science, EE, or similarExperience : 5+ years professional ML / swe engineering (strong ML focus)Programming : Expert-level Python (clean, efficient code); other languages (Java, Go, C) a bonusSoftware Fundamentals : Patterns, structures, algorithms, OOP, distributed systemsML Expertise : Theory / practice with ML algorithms; frameworks (PyTorch, Scikit-learn); feature engineering; metrics; tuningData Handling : SQL / NoSQL databases; handling big datasetsProblem-Solving : Strong analytical / pragmatic approachCommunication : Clear technical / non-technical explanation skillsPreferred Qualifications :
Masters / PhD in relevant fieldBig data (Spark, Hadoop, Kafka) experienceOpen-source / personal project portfolioAB testing, experimental design for MLData governance, privacy, security knowledge in MLThis role requires someone strong technically, and capable of owning ML products end-to-end while working across teams and mentoring junior engineers. The candidate needs both research and practical production experience in ML systems.
(ref : hirist.tech)