Remote Principal ML Engineer, Platform & Scale

Upstart; United States; On-site; USD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Comprehensive health coverage

Paid family and parental leave

Mental health support

Job summary

Upstart is seeking a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to join their team in the United States. The role involves leading engineering initiatives to build scalable and reusable infrastructure for machine learning. You will collaborate with various teams to improve model development and accuracy. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in applied machine learning and proficient in Python as well as core ML frameworks. The position offers competitive compensation, including a base salary ranging from $220,700 to $300,000 and extensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in applied machine learning.
• Strong expertise in end-to-end model development.
• Experience in high-scale ML-driven environments, especially in fintech.

Responsibilities

• Scale ML innovation by building tools and infrastructure.
• Design systems that improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Automate operational workflows to focus on high-leverage modeling.

Skills

Applied machine learning

Python

Production-scale modeling

Feature engineering

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in a quantitative discipline

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

XGBoost

Job description

Upstart is seeking a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to join their team in the United States. The role involves leading engineering initiatives to build scalable and reusable infrastructure for machine learning. You will collaborate with various teams to improve model development and accuracy. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in applied machine learning and proficient in Python as well as core ML frameworks. The position offers competitive compensation, including a base salary ranging from $220,700 to $300,000 and extensive benefits.