Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Federato; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Benefits

Job summary

Federato in San Francisco is seeking a senior Machine Learning Engineer to design scalable ML pipelines across insurance use cases and lead production-grade deployments. You will mentor junior engineers and drive best practices to elevate the team’s technical capabilities.

We value 8+ years of ML experience, deep expertise with LLMs, and strong cloud deployment and observability skills. The role offers stock options, a competitive cash package, and a fast-paced, collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Machine Learning/ML Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong focus on LLMs in the last 2 years.
• Experience building scalable ML pipelines and production-grade systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable ML pipelines for insurance use cases.
• Mentor junior engineers and elevate team technical knowledge.
• Ensure production-grade deployment with scalability, reliability, and policy compliance.

Skills

ML pipelines

LLMs

Cloud deployment

Team mentoring

Observability

Communication

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Cloud platforms

Job description

There's nothing more exciting than transforming an industry that's been stagnant for decades. Federato is an AI-native platform that’s bringing agentic AI to the full policy lifecycle. We’re aggressively transforming how insurance work gets done, and the world is paying attention: we've raised $180 million, including a $100 million Series D from Goldman Sachs. We have powerful product‑market fit, and we're growing fast globally.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing and implementing efficient and scalable machine learning pipelines, across multiple insurance use cases.
• Collaborating cross‑functionally, serving as a technical lead for junior team members, providing mentorship and guidance to elevate team performance and technical knowledge.
• Ensuring production‑grade deployment standards, emphasizing scalability, reliability, and compliance with insurance data handling policies, balancing rapid iteration with stability.
• Building reusable, modular infrastructure components and CI/CD pipelines for ML and LLM workloads, enabling rapid experimentation and seamless transition from research to production.
• Championing best practices in observability, testing, and monitoring of ML systems, establishing standards for model/data drift detection, logging, and automated rollback strategies.

What We Hope You Bring

• Proven experience as a Machine Learning Engineer or similar role (at least 8 years), with a strong focus on leveraging LLM models over the last 2 years.
• Expertise designing scalable and robust machine learning pipelines, both for classical machine learning systems and large language model applications.
• Knowledge of automating and monitoring ML workflows to ensure consistent model performance in production.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms, including deploying models, managing cloud resources, and using relevant APIs for data intake, storage, and processing
• Great communication skills with the ability to convey complex findings to non-technical audiences.

Our cash compensation amount for this role is $210,000 to $250,000 annually. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above. Total compensation package does include stock options, benefits and additional perks.

Here at Federato, your capabilities are important, but culture fit is essential. We move fast, are eager to listen to our users, take a first principles approach to solving problems, and value learning and the ability to change our minds. Most importantly, we're here to have fun. Our ability to make a difference starts with our people. We would love to work with you!

We are an equal‑opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation at [e-mail]