Machine Learning Engineer

Baselayer; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Equity options

Job summary

A technology company in San Francisco is seeking an entry-level Machine Learning Engineer to develop cutting-edge AI solutions. Candidates should have 1-3 years in machine learning, with strong Python skills and a foundation in AI/ML, particularly LLMs. The role involves building and maintaining ML models and infrastructure while emphasizing responsible AI practices. The company offers a competitive salary range of $150k-$225k, equity, and a hybrid work environment with flexible PTO.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in machine learning development.
• Strong foundation in AI/ML fundamentals; eager to experiment with new techniques.
• Thrive in dynamic settings with a high-trust environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain ML models ensuring scalability and high performance.
• Architect and design core ML services leveraging knowledge graphs and LLMs.
• Develop robust data pipelines for feature extraction focusing on scalability.

Skills

Machine learning development

Python proficiency

Data optimization

Understanding LLMs

Model governance

Clean coding

Problem-solving

Proactive self-starter

Feedback-oriented

Job description

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Trusted by 2,200+ financial institutions, Baselayer is the intelligent business identity platform that helps verify any business, automate KYB, and monitor real-time risk. Baselayer’s B2B risk solutions & identity graph network leverage state & federal government filings and proprietary data sources to prevent fraud, accelerate onboarding, and lower credit losses.

About You:

You want to learn from the best of the best, get your hands dirty, and put in the work to hit your full potential. You're not just doing it for the win—you're doing it because you have something to prove and want to be great. You are looking to be an impeccable machine learning engineer working on cutting-edge AI solutions.

• You have 1-3 years of experience in machine learning development, working with Python and building ML models
• You're comfortable working with large-scale data and enjoy optimizing performance for computationally intensive ML systems
• You have a strong foundation in AI/ML fundamentals, particularly with LLMs, and are eager to experiment with emerging techniques
• You prioritize responsible AI practices and model governance, especially in regulated environments like KYC/KYB
• You have a keen eye for detail and take pride in writing clean, maintainable code while optimizing for model performance
• You thrive in a high-trust, ownership-focused environment and are comfortable working across different levels of abstraction
• Problem-solver who navigates the unknown confidently
• Proactive self-starter who thrives in dynamic settings
• Incredibly intelligent and clever. You take pride in your models
• Highly feedback-oriented. We believe in radical candor and using feedback to get to the next level

Responsibilities

• Model Development & Integration: Build and maintain ML models and integrate them with various data sources, ensuring scalability, high performance, and adaptability for autonomous agents in the GTM space
• ML System Design: Architect and design core ML services that support KYC/KYB processes, leveraging knowledge graphs and LLMs for dynamic use cases
• Data Processing & Feature Engineering: Develop and maintain robust data pipelines for feature extraction and transformation, focusing on scalability and performance when handling large-scale, high-dimensional data
• Advanced ML Techniques: Implement and experiment with state-of-the-art techniques including reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) and parameter-efficient fine-tuning methods (e.g., LoRA) to improve LLMs for specific use cases within the identity space
• ML Infrastructure: Build and maintain infrastructure for model training, evaluation, and deployment, creating a scalable platform foundation for continued innovation
• Model Governance & Compliance: Ensure ML systems meet industry standards for fairness, explainability, and compliance, particularly around KYC/KYB regulations
• Performance Optimization: Implement optimizations for model inference and training, ensuring ML services can efficiently process identity data while maintaining reliability
• Experimentation & Evaluation: Design and conduct experiments to evaluate model performance, debug issues, and monitor ML services, while continuously improving architectures to handle diverse data and use cases
• Hybrid in SF. In office 3 days/week
• Flexible PTO
• Smart, genuine, ambitious team

Salary Range: $150k – $225k + Equity - 0.05% – 0.25%

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Internet

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