Adaptive ML Engineer for Real-Time AI Systems

adaption; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Bay Area work

Travel stipend

Lunch stipend

Medical benefits & PTO

Job summary

Adaption is looking for an engineer at the intersection of research and product to design and implement adaptable data strategies. You will work with the founding team to influence both research directions and product vision, delivering real-world impact through efficient ML systems.

You will own data-product implementations, tackle novel data challenges, and contribute to an environment that values technical excellence and bold ideas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, ML, or related field.
• 3–4 years in ML, applied research, or systems engineering.
• Experience closing loop from production signal to retraining.
• Experience with online learning, RL, or efficient ML architectures.
• Strong Python and software engineering skills.
• Familiar with observability tools like OpenTelemetry, Docker, Grafana.
• Excellent communication and ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Real-World Impact: Lead the development and deployment of efficient, adaptive ML systems in real production environments.
• Hands-on Impact: Own implementation of data products addressing data, interaction, and evaluation challenges at Adaption.

Skills

Python

Software engineering

Communication

Ownership mindset

Curiosity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Docker

Grafana

Job description

Adaption is looking for an engineer at the intersection of research and product to design and implement adaptable data strategies. You will work with the founding team to influence both research directions and product vision, delivering real-world impact through efficient ML systems.

You will own data-product implementations, tackle novel data challenges, and contribute to an environment that values technical excellence and bold ideas.