Senior ML Platform Engineer - Model Dev & Deployment Remote

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 466,000 - 750,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans and mental health support

401(k) retirement plan with employer 


Stock options

Disability programs

Health savings and flexible spending

Family-forming benefits

Paid leave and flexible time off

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Software Engineer 5 to join its AI Platform team focused on model development and management. Remote role for US-based candidates, offering impactful ML tooling and scalable platform capabilities.

You will collaborate with researchers and data scientists to design workflows, build user-centric interfaces, and contribute across the full ML lifecycle, from development to deployment. This senior role emphasizes usability, performance, and open-source engagement, with equity

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering or ML experience, with a bachelor’s and master’s or PhD.
• Strong design and development skills in Python and one of Scala, Java, or C++.
• Experience building platform solutions for ML researchers and engineers with a user-first approach.
• Familiarity with ML workflow orchestration tools like Metaflow, Airflow, or Kubeflow.
• Broad understanding of core ML concepts and their real-world applications.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements and design products to accelerate model development for ML use cases.
• Implement solutions that improve the UI layer for the AI platform.
• Collaborate with researchers and data scientists on ML projects.
• Engage with the ML community to source feedback and identify pain points.
• Contribute to open-source projects and develop expertise across the ML lifecycle.

Skills

Python

Scala/Java/C++

Software design

ML workflow orchestration

User-focused UI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or PhD

Tools

Metaflow

Airflow

Kubeflow

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Software Engineer 5 to join its AI Platform team focused on model development and management. Remote role for US-based candidates, offering impactful ML tooling and scalable platform capabilities.

You will collaborate with researchers and data scientists to design workflows, build user-centric interfaces, and contribute across the full ML lifecycle, from development to deployment. This senior role emphasizes usability, performance, and open-source engagement, with equity