Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pager; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 156,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead AI initiatives and mentor a talented team. In this pivotal role, you'll enhance the data platform's capabilities, drive AI/ML standards, and develop groundbreaking solutions that empower customers. With a commitment to collaboration and continuous learning, you’ll work in a flexible environment where your contributions will shape the future of digital operations. If you're passionate about machine learning and eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in building and designing data architecture for large-scale systems.
• Deep understanding of machine learning solutions and their production delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve capabilities of the data platform for ML/AI solutions.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to team members and junior staff.

Skills

Machine Learning

Data Architecture

AI Solutions

Technical Leadership

Data Engineering

SaaS Environment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's Degree in Machine Learning or related field

Job description

Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto

PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD) is a global leader in digital operations management. Half of the Fortune 500 and nearly 70% of the Fortune 100 trust PagerDuty as essential infrastructure.

Join us. At PagerDuty, you'll tackle complex problems, collaborate with kind and ambitious people, and help build a more equitable world—all in a flexible, award-winning workplace.

We are on the hunt for a formidable Staff Machine Learning (ML) Engineer who is adept at architecting state-of-the-art AI initiatives and ready to mentor a team composed of Machine Learning, Data Scientists, and Software Engineers.

In this role, you will actively contribute to and lead AI-first innovation across our customers' Operations powered by ML and Agentic AI solutions. You will be instrumental in developing groundbreaking proofs of concept, contributing to our AI strategy, and addressing critical team goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and improve the capabilities of the data platform that enable and accelerate the production of ML/AI-based solutions
• Drive and define standards for AI/ML across the organization
• Provide guidance, technical leadership, and mentoring to other team members
• Mentor junior members and participate in scaling the existing team
• Proactively recommend improvements and new approaches addressing systemic pain points and technical debt
• Anticipate technical demands on the data platform based on the organization’s roadmap and systematically drive the evolution of the architecture
• Develop a long-term plan for ML/AI investments
• Have 8+ years of experience building, designing, and evolving data architecture for large-scale systems
• Experience working with Product teams to ensure timely delivery
• Deep understanding of the trade-offs in designing and delivering machine learning solutions to production
• Experience leading cross-team architecture discussions, building technical prototypes, and driving the adoption of best practices
• Demonstrated experience with data engineering processes, working with unstructured data and cloud-based data infrastructures
• Passionate about ML engineering and interested in driving discussions with stakeholders and executives

Preferred Requirements:

• Desire to keep learning new concepts and adapt to state-of-the-art technologies
• Experience shipping reliable and scalable AI/ML products
• Prior experience in a SaaS environment
• Awareness of ML processes (exploration, training, testing, deployment, monitoring) and technologies
• Experience developing products that customers are adopting and using at large scale
• A strong record of published work in technical forums or contributions to open source projects

The base salary range for this position is 156,000 - 232,000 CAD. This role may also be eligible for bonus, commission, equity, and/or benefits.

This role is expected to come into our Toronto office 1 day/month to fully embrace being a Dutonian!

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Additional Information

PagerDuty is committed to creating a diverse environment and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or disability status.