Principal Machine Learning Engineer - New York

Initio Capital LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Initio Capital LLC, through its recruiting partnership with Career Launch, is seeking a Principal Machine Learning Engineer in New York. This senior role focuses on building data and AI capabilities to improve products, decisions, and operating performance.

The ideal candidate combines ownership, executive communication, and a track record of measurable results, partnering with engineering, product, security, and business leaders to implement data-driven solutions.

Qualifications

• Senior experience in machine learning, data science, analytics, or related fields.
• Strong statistical, technical, and experimental judgment.
• Experience taking data or model work from discovery into production use.
• Ability to tie technical work to revenue, risk, or operating outcomes.
• Clear communication with executives, engineers, and nontechnical partners.
• Authorization to work in the United States for the employer without misrepresenting work status.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate machine learning systems that deliver measurable business value.
• Set the technical direction for data, ML, or applied AI initiatives.
• Translate business priorities into measurable models and production systems.
• Establish standards for data quality, evaluation, privacy, and responsible model use.
• Partner with engineering, product, security, and business leaders on implementation.
• Communicate tradeoffs, limitations, and results clearly to technical and executive audiences.
• Develop team capability through hiring, mentoring, and repeatable operating practices.

Skills

Senior ML experience

Statistical judgement

Production ML deployment

Outcome-driven analysis

Executive communication

US work authorization

Job description

Initio Capital, through its recruiting partnership with Career Launch, is accepting applications for Principal Machine Learning Engineer opportunities with partner employers in New York. Career Launch works with experienced professionals seeking full-time roles and gives partner recruiters one profile to review across relevant searches.

The specific employer, team, work arrangement, interview process, and final compensation are disclosed before a candidate is submitted to an employer.

The role

These searches are for senior professionals who can build data and artificial intelligence capabilities that improve products, decisions, and operating performance. The strongest candidates combine functional depth with ownership, executive communication, and a record of measurable results.

What you may own

• Build and operate machine learning systems that deliver measurable customer and business value.
• Set the technical direction for data, machine learning, or applied artificial intelligence initiatives.
• Turn business priorities into measurable models, data products, experiments, and production systems.
• Establish standards for data quality, evaluation, monitoring, privacy, and responsible model use.
• Partner with engineering, product, security, and business leaders on implementation and adoption.
• Communicate tradeoffs, limitations, and results clearly to technical and executive audiences.
• Develop team capability through hiring, mentoring, documentation, and repeatable operating practices.

What we are looking for

• Senior experience in machine learning, data science, data engineering, analytics, or a related discipline.
• Strong statistical, technical, and experimental judgment.
• Experience taking data or model work from discovery into monitored production use.
• Ability to connect technical work to revenue, customer, risk, or operating outcomes.
• Clear communication with executives, engineers, analysts, and nontechnical partners.
• Authorization to work in the United States for the employer without misrepresenting work status.

Compensation and location

The anticipated base salary range across represented Principal Machine Learning Engineer searches in New York is $200,000 to $320,000 per year. Final compensation depends on the employer, scope, level, experience, and work arrangement and may include bonus, commission, or equity where applicable.

Equal opportunity

Initio Capital and Career Launch evaluate candidates without regard to protected characteristics under applicable law. Hiring decisions are made by the applicable partner employer.