Senior ML Engineer - Flexible Schedule, Scalable AI

Hyatt Hotels Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual free hotel stays

Flexible work schedule

Headspace subscription

Wellbeing initiatives

Paid time off and healthcare

Job summary

Hyatt Hotels Corporation in Chicago is seeking a Senior ML Engineer to join the Data Science and Machine Learning team. The role focuses on designing, building, and operating scalable AI services across cloud environments, translating models into production-grade systems.

You will partner with data science, data engineering, and platform teams to advance Hyatt's AI platform capabilities, while mentoring colleagues and driving best practices in ML engineering and deployment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience building and operating machine learning solutions in cloud environments, with focus on AI services and MLOps foundations.
• Hands-on experience delivering end-to-end ML systems, spanning model development, deployment, and production infrastructure.
• Proficiency with modern ML engineering tooling, including cloud platforms, data pipelines, and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end ML systems from data ingestion to model serving.
• Deploy scalable AI services supporting real-time and batch inference.
• Build and maintain ML infrastructure across cloud environments (EC2, EKS, SageMaker).
• Develop and evolve MLOps platforms, including training pipelines, deployment workflows, feature stores, and observability.
• Implement CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code patterns to automate model lifecycle management.
• Monitor production ML systems for accuracy and health.
• Collaborate with data engineering, governance, and security teams.

Skills

ML engineering

MLOps

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

EC2

EKS

SageMaker

CI/CD workflows

Feature stores

Job description

Hyatt Hotels Corporation in Chicago is seeking a Senior ML Engineer to join the Data Science and Machine Learning team. The role focuses on designing, building, and operating scalable AI services across cloud environments, translating models into production-grade systems.

You will partner with data science, data engineering, and platform teams to advance Hyatt's AI platform capabilities, while mentoring colleagues and driving best practices in ML engineering and deployment.