Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Applied Data Scientist)

Gitkraken; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Hybrid work model

Health insurance

Parental leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

GitKraken is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer or Applied Data Scientist to move ideas from concept to production. You will identify high-value opportunities in product and operations, build practical ML/heuristics, and ship capabilities with measurable impact.

This high-ownership role spans data exploration, modeling, backend integration, and collaboration with engineering, product, design and leadership to deliver valuable AI-powered features.

Qualifications

• Senior ML Engineer or Applied Data Scientist with hands-on product impact.
• Ability to frame ambiguous problems and ship measurable outcomes.
• Experience deploying models to production and iterating based on real-world use.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-value opportunities from product, customer, and operational data.
• Evaluate ambiguous ideas quickly and determine feasibility and usefulness.
• Own end-to-end execution across data exploration, modeling, experimentation, and production integration.
• Partner with engineering, product, design, and leadership to turn rough ideas into shipped capabilities.

Skills

Machine Learning

Applied AI

Shipping ML features

Cross-functional collaboration

Product-minded

Education

Advanced degree in ML/CS

Tools

Python

Go

SQL

Job description

GitKraken is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer or Applied Data Scientist to move ideas from concept to production. You will identify high-value opportunities in product and operations, build practical ML/heuristics, and ship capabilities with measurable impact.

This high-ownership role spans data exploration, modeling, backend integration, and collaboration with engineering, product, design and leadership to deliver valuable AI-powered features.