Senior ML Research Engineer - Production ML & Foundational

Partly; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Catered lunches

Annual wellness allowance

Paid parental leave

Commute allowance

Architectural-designed offices

Flexible work schedule

Team celebrations

Job summary

Partly is looking for a Senior ML Research Engineer in Christchurch to develop and deliver machine learning and algorithmic solutions for real problems in the vehicle and parts domain. You will collaborate with engineering teams, drive adoption and oversee the entire production rollout.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in ML production, algorithmic thinking, and the ability to communicate effectively across teams. The role promises a vibrant office environment with ample wellness benefits and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Proven track record shipping ML into production.
• Strong algorithmic thinking with classical algorithms and data structures.
• Excellent applied modeling fundamentals and strong baselines.
• Evaluation-first mindset and clear articulation of failure modes.
• Engineering-minded execution focusing on maintainable code and reliability.
• Effective communicator and collaborator with stakeholders.
• Experience in messy, weakly-supervised domains.

Responsibilities

• Ship applied ML solutions end-to-end and own problem area.
• Design evaluation framework with gold datasets reflecting performance.
• Blend ML and algorithms pragmatically using the right tools.
• Build for production constraints considering latency and scale.
• Drive adoption across teams for impactful outcomes.
• Raise technical standards with reproducible experiments and documentation.

Skills

Machine Learning into Production

Algorithmic Thinking

Applied Modeling Fundamentals

Evaluation Framework Development

Engineering-minded Execution

Communication and Collaboration

Messy Weakly-supervised Domains

Search/Ranking/Retrieval

Job description

Partly is looking for a Senior ML Research Engineer in Christchurch to develop and deliver machine learning and algorithmic solutions for real problems in the vehicle and parts domain. You will collaborate with engineering teams, drive adoption and oversee the entire production rollout.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in ML production, algorithmic thinking, and the ability to communicate effectively across teams. The role promises a vibrant office environment with ample wellness benefits and flexible working arrangements.