Machine Learning Engineer

Rite Aid; Victorville (CA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Clear ladder

Real benefits

Flexible contract days

Job summary

Rite Aid in Victorville, CA seeks a Machine Learning Engineer to own critical AI initiatives. The role carries a senior title with a $113,000 - $150,000 annual package and mentorship. You will migrate AI stacks, optimize BigQuery workflows, and maintain fast, reliable CI streams across the CA region.

Expect to learn rapidly, defend technical decisions, and deliver measurable impact within a contract-based structure. Flexible contract days are offered as part of the benefits.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny.
• 7+ years of experience in evaluating when to trust processes and when to break them.
• Strong time-management and a bias toward action.
• Track record of unpretentious delivery in a contract structure.
• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them.
• Comfort defending recommendations before skeptics.

Responsibilities

• Migrate Rite Aid's Generative AI stack from the CA region before the migration deadline.
• Apply problem solving and BigQuery to solve high-growth engineering challenges.
• Keep Growth Mindset CI under ten minutes to maintain flow for Victorville engineers.
• Automate the Growth Mindset chores to save engineering hours.
• Tune Computer Vision caching to handle launch spike on the same hardware.
• Keep the BigQuery build pipeline green so deployments never wait on a red light.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Time management

Bias toward action

Delivery in contract structure

Learn new tech quickly

Presentation to CA-wide audience

Tools

BigQuery

Job description

We ship fast and break very little, and we want a Machine Learning Engineer who shares that obsession with dbt. Read it as a $113,000 - $150,000 invitation to own technology work in Victorville, backed by a senior title and 5 years of trust.

Key Responsibilities

• Pull Rite Aid's Generative AI stack out of the CA region before the migration deadline
• Apply Problem Solving and BigQuery to solve high-growth engineering challenges
• Keep Rite Aid's Growth Mindset CI under ten minutes so Victorville, CA engineers stay in flow
• Automate the manual Growth Mindset chores that quietly drain Victorville, CA engineering hours
• Tune Computer Vision caching so Rite Aid survives the Victorville launch spike on the same hardware
• Keep the BigQuery build pipeline green so Victorville deploys never wait on a red light

What You'll Bring

• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
• 7 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
• A track record of unpretentious delivery in a contract structure
• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them effectively
• Comfort presenting to a CA-wide audience without a script

Run from a single floor in Victorville, CA, Rite Aid is a maker-minded reminder that technology breakthroughs still start small. We move fast on Vector Databases but slow down whenever someone says they feel rushed past good judgment.

The $113,000 - $150,000 we offer comes attached to mentorship, a clear ladder, real benefits, and flexible contract days you can plan around.

The search is live, the seat is funded, and we are interviewing this week.