Staff ML Engineer: GenAI & LLMs for Enterprise

Credit Acceptance Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 66,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Credit Acceptance is seeking a Staff MLE to join the AI team and drive AI/ML initiatives across business units. You will lead the development of scalable, secure AI solutions, collaborate with management to define strategic roadmaps, and mentor other data professionals while delivering high-impact, production-ready systems.

The role requires a PhD or MS with extensive ML/AI experience, expertise in GenAI, LLMs, reinforcement learning, and strong collaboration with engineering partners.

Qualifications

• PhD/MS with strong ML/AI background and 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Deep knowledge of ML/GenAI, scalable AI systems, and production ML lifecycle.
• Experience leading ML/GenAI projects and mentoring data professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of AI-powered solutions across business areas.
• Mentor MLEs and guide AI product roadmaps and implementation plans.
• Ensure secure, scalable architectures and high-quality, well-tested systems.

Skills

ML/AI expertise

Problem solving

Bias for action

Team collaboration

Education

PhD in Computer Science, Stats, Economics, or equivalent

MS with 8+ years in ML/software engineering

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Databricks

Job description

Credit Acceptance is seeking a Staff MLE to join the AI team and drive AI/ML initiatives across business units. You will lead the development of scalable, secure AI solutions, collaborate with management to define strategic roadmaps, and mentor other data professionals while delivering high-impact, production-ready systems.

The role requires a PhD or MS with extensive ML/AI experience, expertise in GenAI, LLMs, reinforcement learning, and strong collaboration with engineering partners.