Production ML Engineer — Build & Scale AI in NYC

Weekday (YC W21); New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday (YC W21) seeks an experienced Machine Learning Engineer in New York City to design, build, deploy, and scale production ML systems. You will own end‑to‑end ML lifecycle, from data prep to model retraining, and collaborate with software engineers and product teams to deliver ML-powered products.

You will deploy scalable pipelines, develop production‑quality Python code, and ensure robust model serving with monitoring, evaluation, and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in Machine Learning Engineering or related field.
• Proficient in Python and production software engineering.
• Hands-on experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent ML frameworks.
• Experience building and deploying production ML models.
• Strong data processing and ML pipeline expertise.
• Experience with REST APIs, distributed systems, and scalable software architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, train, evaluate, and deploy ML models for production applications.
• Own the complete ML lifecycle from data prep to retraining.
• Build scalable ML pipelines for batch and real-time inference.
• Develop production-quality Python code and integrate ML models with backend services and APIs.
• Work with large datasets to improve model performance.
• Develop and optimize deep learning models using PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Build model-serving infrastructure with latency and cost considerations.
• Implement ML monitoring, experimentation, and model-quality tracking.
• Collaborate with data scientists to productionize experimental models.
• Design ML infrastructure using cloud platforms and containerized environments.
• Develop automated training and deployment workflows following MLOps best practices.

Skills

Python

Machine Learning

PyTorch

TensorFlow

REST APIs

AWS

Docker

SQL

MLOps

Distributed systems

Model monitoring

Tools

Kubeflow

Job description

Weekday (YC W21) seeks an experienced Machine Learning Engineer in New York City to design, build, deploy, and scale production ML systems. You will own end‑to‑end ML lifecycle, from data prep to model retraining, and collaborate with software engineers and product teams to deliver ML-powered products.

You will deploy scalable pipelines, develop production‑quality Python code, and ensure robust model serving with monitoring, evaluation, and cost optimization.