Senior ML Engineer - Remote, Flexible Hours, Contract

micro1; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

micro1 is seeking a Senior ML Engineer (MSc or PhD) for a globally remote contractor role (~15 hours per week). You will develop and optimize ML models, training pipelines, and inference systems in Python, tackling performance and numerical challenges.

The role is highly coding intensive, requiring deep ML knowledge, strong Python skills, and experience with building reproducible workflows. Flexible scheduling and immediate start are available.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, ML, AI, or a closely related quantitative discipline.
• Strong professional or research experience in machine learning.
• Proficiency with Python and coding agents; experience with reproducible workflows is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate ML models, training pipelines, and inference systems.
• Build reproducible workflows using Python and command-line tools.
• Optimize memory and throughput; debug numerical or system-level failures.

Skills

Python

Machine Learning

Numerical computing

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, ML, AI, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering

Tools

Python

Job description

micro1 is seeking a Senior ML Engineer (MSc or PhD) for a globally remote contractor role (~15 hours per week). You will develop and optimize ML models, training pipelines, and inference systems in Python, tackling performance and numerical challenges.

The role is highly coding intensive, requiring deep ML knowledge, strong Python skills, and experience with building reproducible workflows. Flexible scheduling and immediate start are available.