Staff ML Engineer — Real-Time Personalization

Shipt, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 137,400 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401k plan

Discretionary vacation

Paid sick leave

Annual bonus eligibility

Restricted stock units potential

Job summary

Shipt, Inc. is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead key AI initiatives. This position involves designing and deploying personalized recommendation models, collaborating with Data Scientists, and maintaining scalable ML infrastructure.

Applicants should have a PhD/MS in a relevant field and at least 5 years of experience in machine learning and backend software engineering. The role supports a hybrid work arrangement allowing flexibility between office and home.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in machine learning and backend software engineering.
• Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Go, Java) and Python.
• Deep understanding of user modeling, embeddings, similarity search and ranking models.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy intelligent, personalized recommendation models.
• Build and maintain scalable ML infrastructure and production systems.
• Lead the team to build scalable, low-latency, and fault-tolerant systems.

Skills

Machine Learning

Back-End Development

Python

SQL

Go

Education

PhD/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent

Tools

MLflow

Kubeflow

Airflow

Job description

Shipt, Inc. is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead key AI initiatives. This position involves designing and deploying personalized recommendation models, collaborating with Data Scientists, and maintaining scalable ML infrastructure.

Applicants should have a PhD/MS in a relevant field and at least 5 years of experience in machine learning and backend software engineering. The role supports a hybrid work arrangement allowing flexibility between office and home.