Senior Machine Learning Engineer

DailyPay; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DailyPay is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to lead the ML platform and MLOps initiatives. You will architect and scale our ML infrastructure, delivering robust models in production and collaborating with data scientists, engineers, and product stakeholders.

Expect to own end-to-end ML pipelines, manage AWS-based infrastructure, and drive CI/CD adoption. This role emphasizes security, governance, and collaboration in a fast-moving fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in machine learning engineering, MLOps, or data engineering.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and ML services.
• Strong Python and ML framework knowledge (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Solid CI/CD experience and deployment pipeline design.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Experience with event streaming platforms (Kafka) and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Platform Ownership: architect and build DailyPay's unified ML platform.
• MLOps Architecture & Delivery: design scalable pipelines for training, deployment, monitoring, and retraining.
• Cloud Infrastructure: optimize AWS infrastructure for ML workloads.
• CI/CD Pipeline Development: develop robust pipelines for ML models and infra.
• Monitoring & Observability: design monitoring systems using Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Technical Leadership: guide design decisions and establish team norms.

Skills

MLOps

Python

CI/CD

SQL

Datadog

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

SageMaker

Job description

DailyPay is the leader in On-Demand Pay, helping employers modernize how people get their pay. DailyPay serves more than 1,900 employers and over 6 million employees, including many of the world's most recognized brands. By providing real-time access to earned pay and financial wellness tools, DailyPay helps employees manage their finances and helps employers attract and retain talent. DailyPay is helping define the future of pay, where money moves at the speed of work. Learn more at DailyPay's Press Center.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our AI & ML team in New York City. You will play a key role in maturing and scaling our machine learning infrastructure, ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of ML models in production. This role requires deep hands-on experience with MLOps principles, cloud infrastructure, and a track record of delivering robust ML systems in a fast-moving environment. You will work closely with data scientists, engineers, and product stakeholders to deliver high-quality ML solutions that directly impact DailyPay's core products. You are expected to operate with significant autonomy: defining work, identifying dependencies, and raising the bar for the team around you.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Platform Ownership: Help architect and build DailyPay's unified ML platform - a unified system for model development, deployment, and monitoring that serves as the backbone for every AI and ML capability at the company.
• MLOps Architecture & Delivery: Design and implement scalable ML pipelines covering model training, deployment, monitoring, and retraining. Own the delivery of end-to-end MLOps solutions with minimal oversight.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Manage and optimize AWS infrastructure for machine learning workloads, balancing cost-effectiveness, security, and availability.
• CI/CD Pipeline Development: Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment of ML models and related infrastructure.
• Monitoring & Observability: Design monitoring and alerting systems for ML infrastructure and models using tools like Datadog. Proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact production.
• Technical Leadership: Lead design discussions, contribute to architectural decisions, and establish team norms for how ML systems are built, tested, and maintained. Help identify and remove blockers.
• Mentorship: Mentor junior engineers. Share domain knowledge and help build genuine technical depth on the team.
• Security & Compliance: Approach all engineering work with a security lens. Actively look for vulnerabilities in code and during peer reviews. Ensure ML pipelines handle sensitive data in accordance with company policy.

What You Bring To The Team

• 5+ years of experience in machine learning engineering, MLOps, or data engineering
• Strong cloud platform proficiency: AWS preferred (SageMaker, Lambda, S3, EC2, IAM, ECS), or equivalent GCP (Vertex AI, Cloud Functions, GCS, Compute Engine, Cloud Run) or Azure (Azure ML, Functions, Blob Storage, VMs, AKS) experience
• Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
• Solid CI/CD experience: GitHub Actions or equivalent; designing and operating deployment pipelines
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
• Knowledge of event streaming platforms (Apache Kafka or equivalent)
• Experience with monitoring and observability tooling (Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana)
• Strong SQL skills and experience with data pipeline tooling (dbt, Glue, Snowflake)
• Excellent communication skills; comfortable working across data science, engineering, and product teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and RESTful API design
• Experience in fintech or regulated industries
• Contributions to open-source ML or MLOps projects

High-performing cultures aren't built in silos, they thrive on partnership. At DailyPay, we Commit Together to an inclusive, professional environment where multifaceted perspectives are our greatest competitive advantage. We recognize that our team members don't live 'single-issue lives,' and we lean into the wide-ranging backgrounds and life stages that sharpen our collective decision-making. In our high-trust environment, we empower you to Challenge Norms. We've created a space where it is safe to ask difficult questions, disrupt the status quo, and share bold perspectives without fear of professional fallout. We believe that by checking our own assumptions and staying curious about the experiences of others, we arrive at better, more innovative results. We provide the space for you to do your best work through peer advocacy and transparent career development. If you are looking for a culture that values intellectual honesty, celebrates the unique lived experiences of its people, and thrives on collective success, you'll find it here.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to [e-mail]. All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.

DailyPay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, political affiliation, marital or partnership status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions), sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, genetic disorder, genetic predisposition, carrier status, military status, familial status, or domestic violence victim status and any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws.

Compensation Range: $170K - $190K