Applied Machine Learning Engineer

Jobot; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth data startup is seeking a Machine Learning Software Engineer to shape its intelligence layer. You will utilize your software engineering skills to build core ML features and drive innovation from concept to implementation in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive Salary + Equity

Fully covered health, dental, & vision

401K + match

PTO, vacation, and sick leave

Great work life balance

Qualifications

• 4-10+ years of experience in both Software Engineering and Machine Learning.
• Hands-on experience with distributed backend infrastructure and production ML pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement machine learning models for personalization and predictive audiences.
• Architect scalable ML and backend infrastructure to support low-latency data applications.

Skills

Machine Learning

Software Engineering

NLP

LLM

Distributed Systems

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Electrical Engineering

Job description

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Base pay range

$200,000.00/yr - $270,000.00/yr

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Job details

High-Growth Data Startup is looking for a Machine Learning Software Engineer to join their growing team!

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Salary $200,000 - $270,000 per year

A Bit About Us

Backed by Y Combinator and fresh off a $50M Series C funding round, this fast-scaling data infrastructure company is redefining how organizations sync, activate, and intelligently use customer data. Already trusted by major players like Spotify and Ramp, the platform enables high-throughput, low-latency data syncing across SaaS tools. Now, the team is building out a new intelligence layer to transform raw data into actionable insights—unlocking the next generation of personalization, experimentation, and automation.

This is a high-impact, foundational role for a Machine Learning Engineer with strong software engineering chops. You’ll work across the stack, influencing product direction and technical architecture, and be instrumental in building core ML features from 0 to 1.



Why join us?


Culture

• Outcomes based, no micro-management or unnecessary meetings. We trust our team and get out of the way
• Great work life balance. We believe you can't do more than 6-8 hours of great engineering work in a day
  
  

Benefits

• Open to onsite or remote candidates with offices in NY and SF
• Competitive Salary + Equity
• Fully covered health, dental, & vision
• 401K + match
• PTO, vacation, sick, and much more!
  
  

Job Details

Responsibilities

• Design and implement machine learning models for personalization, predictive audiences, experimentation, and budget optimization
• Build systems that help determine what content to send, to whom, and when—based on terabytes of data
• Collaborate with customers to understand business goals and define ML-based solutions
• Architect scalable ML and backend infrastructure to support low-latency data applications
• Drive innovation in applying LLMs to generate high-performing marketing content (text, images, creatives)
• Analyze and optimize budget allocation by measuring incremental conversions and cost efficiency
• Contribute to product vision, working closely with cross-functional teams including data, product, and design
• Play a key role in shaping the company’s growing intelligence layer as one of the first ML hires
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 4-10+ years of experience in both Software Engineering and Machine Learning
• Experience with LLM / NLP / RAG and proven experience building recommendation, search, personalization, and/or pricing systems
• Experience building and shipping products from scratch in a high-scale SaaS environment
• Hands-on experience with distributed backend infrastructure and production ML pipelines
• Strong backend engineering skills and a deep understanding of ML modeling
• Excellent communication skills—able to clearly articulate complex systems and decisions
  
  

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting and Software Development

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