Machine Learning Engineer โ Emerging Technology
The companyโs Emerging Technology team is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to join a team focused on building and supporting Generative AI, Machine Learning (ML), and Data Science solutions across the organization. This position could be based in our Chicago or Toronto offices.
Objectives
- Implement AI & ML technology in collaboration with business partners and product owners
- Develop and support enterpriseโlevel AI exploration tools and capabilities
- Provide guidance and support for safe development and deployment of AI
- Establish and maintain policies, guidelines, and processes for AI/ML governance, including thirdโparty AI governance
Responsibilities
- Work closely with product squads and partner teams to design, build, integrate, and deploy ML and GenAI solutions in production, while sharing best practices with other engineers.
- Communicate ML and GenAI concepts clearly to technical and nonโtechnical stakeholders, with a focus on practical application to use cases.
- Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and product partners to develop and deploy ML and GenAI solutions that deliver measurable business value.
- Partner with data scientists and domain experts to identify practical opportunities where data, ML, and GenAI can improve business outcomes.
- Build scalable services, pipelines, and workflows for ML and GenAI use cases, with guidance from senior engineers where needed.
- Support production applications by helping maintain reliability, monitoring performance, and using metrics to improve existing ML solutions.
- Use cloud services, primarily in AWS, to support data pipelines, model deployment, and LLMโbased workflows. Familiarity with Azure services is a plus.
- Use Python and largeโscale workflow orchestration tools (for example, Airflow) to build productionโquality services, data pipelines, and integrations across diverse data sources and storage systems.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience as a machine learning engineer or in a closely related software engineering role focused on ML systems.
- Experience writing productionโquality Python code and applying sound software engineering practices.
- Strong foundation in machine learning concepts and practical experience applying modern ML techniques to realโworld problems.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including code quality, automated testing, version control, observability, and performance optimization.
- Experience building or integrating Generative AI applications, such as retrievalโaugmented generation, evaluation workflows, or agentโassisted systems.
- Experience building or improving search, retrieval, or data access layers that support ML or GenAI applications.
- Experience with containerized deployment and orchestration, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with cloudโnative ML and data services, especially in AWS. Familiarity with tools such as Bedrock, S3, SageMaker, Azure AI Search, or Azure OpenAI is helpful.
- Bachelorโs degree in computer science, machine learning, data science, applied mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
What Would Make You Stand Out
- Passion for using data and ML to drive better business outcomes for customers
- Proven ability to work effectively in a distributed team environment and contribute in fastโpaced settings.
- Familiarity with credit ratings agencies, regulations, and data products
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Advocate of good code quality and architectural practices
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work proactively as a team player
Compensation (Toronto)
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $100,000 and $130,000 CAD per year. Actual salaries will be determined on an individualized basis and may vary based on factors including but not limited to education, training, experience, past performance, and other jobโrelated factors. Base pay is one part of the companyโs total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, longโterm incentives, and other benefits sponsored by the company.
EEO Statement
The company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affidavit of Good Faith Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.
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