Machine Learning Engineer II

Coca-Cola Co; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Annual incentive

Job summary

The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Engineer, Data Platform & Segmentation to drive the technical vision for data platforms powering Customer and Commercial products. This hands-on role requires 3–6 years in data/ML engineering and a strong focus on architecture, pipelines and production readiness.

Collaborate with product managers and tech leads to design scalable segmentation models, deploy ML solutions, and ensure governance and security across Azure data

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on experience in data platform, analytics engineering, or backend engineering.
• Strong programming experience with Python and ML libraries.
• Experience deploying production ML models and building ML pipelines.
• Strong SQL skills with large enterprise datasets.
• Ability to design training, evaluation and inference pipelines and APIs.
• Experience working with cloud-based data/ML platforms and MLOps practices.
• Excellent collaboration with product managers, engineers and data teams.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable data preparation pipelines and feature engineering for ML applications.
• Develop training and inference pipelines; expose model predictions via APIs.
• Implement MLOps: versioning, CI/CD, testing, deployment and monitoring.
• Ensure data quality, lineage, observability and reliability in production.
• Partner with product teams to translate questions into durable data models and segmentation strategies.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine Learning

scikit-learn

PyTorch

TensorFlow

XGBoost

MLOps

CI/CD

APIs

Cloud platforms

Data pipelines

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or equivalent

Tools

Azure

Azure Data Platform

Azure Data Fabric

Git

Job description

**Job Description Summary:**The Senior Manager, Software Engineer, Data Platform & Segmentation is a individual contributor accountable for the technical vision, design, and evolution of data platforms and segmentation capabilities that power Customer and Commercial product teams operating under a modern Product Operating Model.This role functions as a hands-on technical engineer with 3 to 6 years of experience on data and machine learning engineering.The role emphasizes deep technical expertise, product partnership, and architecture, rather than people management.**Core Accountabilities**Product Model & Discovery Partnership* Partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Tech Leads to co-own outcomes, not just data assets.* Participate actively in product discovery to ensure segmentation strategies are technically feasible, scalable, and analytically sound.* Translate business and customer questions into durable data models and segmentation frameworks.Data Platform & Segmentation Architecture* Analyze and integrate structured and unstructured data from enterprise platforms, customers, and external data providers.* Build scalable data preparation and feature engineering pipelines for ML applications.Machine Learning* Develop predictive and recommendation models using appropriate statistical and machine learning techniques.* Evaluate and select appropriate approaches based on each use case, including: Classification and regression Ranking and recommendation Clustering and segmentation Time-series and forecasting Gradient-boosting and tree-based models Deep learning and transformers Computer vision Embeddings, vector search and RAG* Build reliable training and inference pipelines for batch and near-real-time use cases.* Develop APIs and services that expose model predictions to web, mobile, CRM, Salesforce, and other enterprise applications.* Establish rigorous model evaluation, testing and validation practices.Engineering Execution & Data Quality* Build and maintain high-quality, production-grade data pipelines and services.* Ensure strong standards for data quality, lineage, observability, and reliability.* Implement MLOps pipelines covering training, testing, versioning, deployment and model lifecycle management.* Monitor production models for model performance, data quality, drift and other operational issues.* Implement appropriate retraining, rollback and model versioning strategies.* Troubleshoot issues across data pipelines, models, inference services, APIs, and production environments.* Create reusable ML components and patterns that can support multiple Transaction Growth use cases.* Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews and engineering design discussions.**Microsoft Azure Data Platform & Fabric Expertise*** Design and evolve segmentation and data platform architectures leveraging Azure Data Fabric concepts, ensuring interoperability, governance, and reuse across domains.* Apply strong architectural judgment across core Azure data products, including data ingestion, storage, processing, analytics, and activation layers.* Optimize designs across cost, performance, latency, and scalability, using Azure-native capabilities and patterns.* Ensure secure-by-design implementations aligned with Azure identity, access, encryption, and compliance controls.* Partner with enterprise architecture, cloud, and security teams to ensure Azure data platform decisions align with broader enterprise strategy while preserving team autonomy.* Stay current on Azure data platform evolution and proactively assess new capabilities for business value, not novelty.**Business Partnership & Communication*** Serve as a trusted technical partner to Customer and Commercial stakeholders.* Communicate segmentation concepts, assumptions, and limitations in clear business language.* Proactively surface data constraints, privacy considerations, and trade-offs to enable informed decisions.* Support external partner and vendor conversations as a technical authority when needed.**Governance, Privacy & Compliance*** Ensure segmentation approaches comply with data privacy, consent, and regulatory requirements.* Collaborate with Security, Privacy, and Legal teams to embed governance into platform design - not bolt it on later.* Advocate for responsible and ethical use of customer and commercial data.**Success Measures*** Segmentation capabilities measurably improve customer engagement and commercial outcomes.* Reduced duplication and inconsistency in segmentation logic across products.* Improved data quality, freshness, and trustworthiness.* Faster time-to-insight and activation for product teams.* Platforms and models that scale with growth while controlling cost and risk.**Required Experience & Capabilities*** Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent experience.* 3+ years of hands-on experience in data platform, analytics engineering, or backend engineering roles.* Strong programming experience with Python or common data and ML libraries.* Experience developing production machine learning models using frameworks such as scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, XGBoost, or equivalent.* Strong understanding of supervised and unsupervised learning, model selection, feature engineering and statistical modeling.* Experience preparing large datasets for machine learning, including cleansing, transformation, feature generation and quality validation.* Strong SQL skills and experience working with large enterprise datasets.* Experience designing training, evaluation and inference pipelines.* Experience deploying machine learning models into production environments.* Practical understanding of MLOps, including experiment tracking, model versioning, CI/CD, automated testing, deployment and monitoring.* Experience developing or integrating APIs and services used for model inference.* Strong software engineering practices including modular design, source control, code review, automated testing and production debugging.* Experience working with cloud-based data and ML platforms.* Ability to assess multiple modeling approaches and select the simplest solution capable of meeting the business objective.* Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with product managers, business stakeholders, software engineers and data teams.The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.**Skills:****Pay Range:**United States: 152,000 - 178,300 USD*Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.***Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:**15*Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.***Location(s):**United States of America**City/Cities:**Atlanta**Travel Required:**00% - 25%**Relocation Provided:**No**Job Posting End Date:**October 14, 2026**Our Purpose and Growth Culture:**We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what's possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors - curious, empowered, inclusive and agile - and value how we work as much as what we achieve.