AI/Machine Learning Engineer

Veritone, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive compensation

Health benefits

Retirement benefits

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave and benefits

Other employee perks and benefits

Job summary

Veritone, Inc. is seeking an AI/ML Engineer to build and refactor production-grade ML pipelines and model integration layers.

You will collaborate with product, design, data, and infra teams to embed AI capabilities into applications and maintain scalable features. The role requires 3+ years in AI/ML, strong Python skills, and hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG, and inference services across modern stacks including PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, and vector DBs.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of professional experience building and deploying software systems with AI/ML models in production environments.
• Deep proficiency with Python and standard ML libraries (PyTorch, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, Hugging Face).
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG architectures, prompt engineering, or traditional ML model pipelines and inference serving.
• Ability to design and implement robust APIs and backend microservices in Python (Go or Node.js a plus).
• Professional experience with RDBMSs, NoSQL DBs, and Vector Databases.
• Demonstrated deployment, monitoring, and scaling of ML workloads and production code.

Responsibilities

• Process: identify and analyze areas in code, model inference workflows, and data pipelines for optimization, efficiency, and latency improvements.
• Team: partner with product, design, data, and infrastructure teams to integrate AI/ML capabilities into workflows.
• On-call: participate in on-call support rotation for production ML services, if necessary.
• Meetings: share knowledge on AI trends, ask questions, and challenge assumptions.
• Delivery: help the team meet commitments and accept constructive feedback.
• Growth: continuously improve technical skills and stay current with AI developments.
• Quality: write maintainable code with unit/integration tests and evaluation benchmarks.
• Learning: adapt to new frameworks, algorithms, and stacks quickly.
• Stack familiarity: Python, PyTorch / TensorFlow, Hugging Face, LangChain / LlamaIndex, vector DBs; Docker, Kubernetes, MLflow / Weights & Biases; AWS SageMaker, GCP Vertex AI; backend & API: Python, Go, Node.js, GraphQL, Elasticsearch, Postgres.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Vector Databases

Pinecone

Qdrant

pgvector

Go

Node.js

GraphQL

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

MLflow

Weights & Biases

AWS SageMaker

GCP Vertex AI

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

MLflow

Weights & Biases

Pinecone

Qdrant

pgvector

SageMaker

Vertex AI

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

The AI/ML Engineer will participate in building, documenting, and refactoring production-grade AI/ML pipelines, model integration layers, and scalable features that grow with business needs.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Process: You identify and analyze areas in existing code, model inference workflows, and data pipelines for optimization, efficiency, and latency improvements.
• Team: You partner with product, design, data, and infrastructure teams to integrate AI/ML capabilities and intelligent services into application workflows.
• You participate in on-call support rotation for production ML services, if necessary.
• You actively participate in team meetings: sharing knowledge on emerging AI trends, asking questions, and challenging assumptions.
• You actively help your team meet their commitments.
• You are open to constructive feedback from teammates and management.
• Personal: You continuously improve your technical skills and stay current with rapid developments in the AI/ML landscape.
• Proven track record of writing maintainable code, including unit/integration tests, evaluation benchmarks, and readable code.
• Expertise with learning new frameworks, algorithms, and technical stacks quickly.
• Familiarity with our tech stack: AI/ML & Data: Python, PyTorch / TensorFlow, Hugging Face, LangChain / LlamaIndex, Vector DBs (e.g., Pinecone, Qdrant, pgvector); MLOps & Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, MLflow / Weights & Biases, Cloud ML Platforms (AWS SageMaker, GCP Vertex AI, etc.); Backend & API: Python, Go, Node.js, GraphQL, ElasticSearch, and Postgres.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• At least 3 years of professional experience building and deploying software systems, with direct experience integrating, fine-tuning, or operating AI/ML models in production environments.
• Deep proficiency with Python and standard ML libraries (e.g., PyTorch, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, Hugging Face).
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG architectures, prompt engineering, or traditional ML model pipelines and inference serving.
• Ability to design and implement robust APIs and backend microservices in Python (bonus if experienced with Go or Node.js).
• Professional experience working with RDBMSs, NoSQL DBs, and Vector Databases.
• Demonstrated participation in the successful deployment, monitoring, and scaling of machine learning workloads and production code.

DISCLOSURE

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

(Colorado & California Only*): The Annual salary listed for the position is a range of $175,000.00-$200,00.00. This base pay is for illustrative purposes only and will be determined based on skills and experience comparable to the job requirements.

• incentive compensation
• health benefits
• retirement benefits
• life insurance
• paid time off
• parental leave and benefits
• other employee perks and benefits

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum salary compensation for this role when being hired in Colorado & California.

Veritone (NASDAQ: VERI) designs human-centered AI solutions. Serving customers in the talent acquisition, media, entertainment and public sector industries, Veritone’s software and services empower individuals at the world’s largest and most recognizable brands to run more efficiently, accelerate decision making and increase profitability. Veritone’s leading enterprise AI platform, aiWARE™, orchestrates an ever-growing ecosystem of machine learning models, transforming data sources into actionable intelligence. By blending human expertise with AI technology, Veritone advances human potential to help organizations solve problems and achieve more than ever before, enhancing lives everywhere.

To learn more, visit Veritone.com.