Staff ML Engineer - Real-Time AI & Decisioning (Hybrid)

State Farm Insurance Companies; Bloomington (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual raise

Bonus eligibility

Healthcare coverage

Tuition assistance

401(k) plan with company contributions

Generous time off

Job summary

State Farm is seeking a hands-on Staff Machine Learning Engineer to architect, build, and scale enterprise-grade AI/ML systems and real-time decisioning capabilities. You will help develop the NBA and recommendation platform using Databricks, AWS, Python, and PySpark, focusing on ML systems engineering and productionization.

The role emphasizes ML architecture, MLOps, and leadership across engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of ML or software engineering with leadership.
• Expert-level Python and SQL; production software experience.
• Strong PySpark and Spark; data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, production-grade ML systems and APIs.
• Architect real-time decisioning and recommendation engines.
• Implement closed-loop learning to improve outcomes.
• Develop data and ML pipelines using Python, PySpark, SQL, Databricks, and AWS.
• Implement MLOps, CI/CD, monitoring, and retraining workflows.
• Lead architecture decisions and mentor engineers.

Skills

Python

SQL

PySpark

Databricks

AWS

APIs

MLOps

Technical leadership

Spark

Production software

Tools

Databricks

AWS

MLflow

Job description

State Farm is seeking a hands-on Staff Machine Learning Engineer to architect, build, and scale enterprise-grade AI/ML systems and real-time decisioning capabilities. You will help develop the NBA and recommendation platform using Databricks, AWS, Python, and PySpark, focusing on ML systems engineering and productionization.

The role emphasizes ML architecture, MLOps, and leadership across engineering teams.