Senior ML Engineer — Onsite in SF Bay Area

Fractal; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

11 paid holidays

12 weeks parental leave

Paid time off

Job summary

Fractal is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area to lead AI-driven solutions across industries. You will own problem framing, model development, production deployment, and client adoption for enterprise applications such as forecasting, maintenance, and supply chain optimization.

You will guide junior team members, collaborate with engineering and product teams, and stay current with Generative AI, time-series, and enterprise AI platforms to deliver measurable

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied machine learning, data science, or AI experience.
• Experience owning projects or major workstreams from problem definition to delivery.
• Excellent Python programming with strong OOP skills.
• Proficiency with ML frameworks like Scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow.
• Experience with production ML tools and lifecycle (experimentation, deployment, monitoring).
• Exposure to cloud ML services (AWS/Azure/GCP) and enterprise platforms.
• Ability to lead independently and communicate with technical and non‑technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end ML delivery for proprietary platform‑based solutions.
• Collaborate with internal and client stakeholders to translate needs into models.
• Lead development of ML, forecasting, optimization, and AI models at scale.
• Evaluate data readiness, feature strategies, and data quality risks.
• Design modeling approaches balancing accuracy, explainability, and usability.
• Integrate models into client applications and operational workflows.
• Establish reproducibility, governance, monitoring, and documentation practices.
• Provide senior guidance to junior data scientists and engineers.

Skills

Python

OOP

Scikit-learn

PyTorch

TensorFlow

pandas

NumPy

XGBoost

MLflow

Airflow

Kubeflow

Databricks

Spark

Cloud services

Education

MS/PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, OR related field

Tools

MLflow

Airflow

Kubeflow

Databricks

Spark

Job description

Fractal is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area to lead AI-driven solutions across industries. You will own problem framing, model development, production deployment, and client adoption for enterprise applications such as forecasting, maintenance, and supply chain optimization.

You will guide junior team members, collaborate with engineering and product teams, and stay current with Generative AI, time-series, and enterprise AI platforms to deliver measurable