Software Engineering Manager Jobs in Baton Rouge, LA

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As a Machine Learning Engineering Manager, you will onboard and oversee junior scientists and technical leads, partnering closely with Product, Software Engineering, and UX teams. Your focus will include developing and innovating machine learning ecosystems that upgrade job seeker journey experience end to end

Responsibilities

• Coach Machine Learning Engineers and Data Scientists on the Journey team to improve their performance, advise them on their career direction, and develop their qualifications.

• Work to understand, prioritize, and plan the team’s work items without external guidance.

• Ensure delivery of machine learning solutions, set expectations for what can be done and by when, and prioritize incoming projects.

• Improve existing Agile, ML, and A/B testing processes and develop new ones.

• Scope projects, gather and improve on requirements, and delegate work effectively.

• Partner with and provide project direction and feedback to cross-functional peers, including Product Managers, Software Engineers.

• Remove roadblocks and give individual contributors autonomy and ownership.

• Brainstorm with teammates about practical experimental design, navigating production codebases, and model development.

• Be prepared to closely engage and contribute directly to implementation when necessary.

Skills/Competencies

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field and a minimum of 8 years of related experience; or a Master’s degree with a minimum of 6 years of experience; or a PhD with a minimum of 3 years experience

• Demonstrated achievement as a Manager in Machine Learning Engineering, overseeing teams of 3 or more, and addressing intricate, large-scale problems

• Well-versed in coding (Python, Java, Go, or C++) and experience with SQL Databases like Presto, and data processing frameworks like Spark

• Have full-stack experience in data collection, aggregation, analysis, visualization, productionisation, and monitoring

• Highly effective in coaching Machine Learning Engineers, facilitating qualification enhancement, and fostering career development

Salary Range Transparency

Tier 1 - United States of America 163,000 - 245,000 USD per year

Tier 2 - United States of America 182,000 - 272,000 USD per year

Tier 3 - United States of America 199,000 - 299,000 USD per year

Tier 4 N/A

Tier 5 - United States of America 227,000 - 341,000 USD per year

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