Senior ML Engineer - Production Systems & Computer Vision

Collectors; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Collectors is seeking a senior ML/AI engineer to design and deploy end-to-end machine learning systems that support our AI/ML product initiatives. You will own projects from framing through launch and post-launch monitoring, ensuring reliable, scalable outputs.

You will develop production-grade computer vision, multimodal, and agentic pipelines while collaborating with annotation, operations, product, and domain experts to define data needs, metrics, and rollout plans.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in ML, applied AI, or related field.
• Hands-on experience shipping ML systems in production.
• Proficient in Python and ML tooling, with testing, modular design, observability and version control.
• Experience in computer vision, multimodal modeling, information extraction, search/retrieval, or LLM-based systems.
• Ability to define evaluation methodologies and data-driven decisions about model readiness and trade-offs.
• Strong system design for scalable and maintainable solutions in real-world operations.
• Clear written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• High-ownership mindset with ability to work independently and navigate ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy end-to-end ML systems for AI/ML product initiatives.
• Own projects from problem framing through implementation, evaluation, launch, and post-launch monitoring.
• Develop production-grade computer vision, multimodal, and agentic pipelines.
• Build and improve data pipelines, model evaluation frameworks, and feedback loops.
• Partner with annotation, operations, product, and domain experts to define data requirements, labeling standards, and success metrics.
• Translate experimental findings into clear technical recommendations balancing model quality, latency, cost.
• Contribute high-quality code, documentation, and technical design artifacts; collaborate via reviews.

Skills

5+ years ML/AI

Python & ML tooling

Software engineering basics

System design

Communication skills

Ownership mindset

Tools

Experiment tracking

Cloud ML infra

Retrieval systems

LLM tooling

Job description

Collectors is seeking a senior ML/AI engineer to design and deploy end-to-end machine learning systems that support our AI/ML product initiatives. You will own projects from framing through launch and post-launch monitoring, ensuring reliable, scalable outputs.

You will develop production-grade computer vision, multimodal, and agentic pipelines while collaborating with annotation, operations, product, and domain experts to define data needs, metrics, and rollout plans.