Sr. Lead Machine Learning EngineerLocation-RemoteJob Summary
The Sr. Lead Machine Learning Engineer is responsible for leading the design, development, deployment, and optimization of machine learning solutions that drive business value. This role combines technical expertise, strategic leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to build scalable AI/ML systems, mentor engineering teams, and guide the organization's machine learning initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and deployment of machine learning models and AI-driven solutions.
- Design scalable ML architectures, pipelines, and production-ready systems.
- Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to define and deliver ML solutions.
- Oversee data preparation, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and monitoring processes.
- Optimize model performance, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
- Establish best practices for MLOps, model governance, testing, and deployment.
- Conduct code reviews and provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams.
- Evaluate emerging AI/ML technologies and recommend innovative solutions.
- Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and responsible AI standards.
- Support production systems by troubleshooting and resolving complex ML-related issues.
- Drive technical roadmaps and contribute to strategic AI initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in machine learning engineering.
- Strong proficiency in Python and machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn.
- Experience building and deploying machine learning models in production environments.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, statistics, and machine learning techniques.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Knowledge of MLOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, and model monitoring practices.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems and big data technologies.
- Knowledge of Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), NLP, computer vision, or recommendation systems.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native architectures.
- Prior experience leading technical teams and enterprise AI initiatives.