Transformer ML Engineer — From Research to Production

Skale; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Skale is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer in New York to design, fine-tune, and evaluate large-scale transformer models. The role involves leading end-to-end ML pipelines and collaborating with product teams to deliver real-world solutions. Candidates should have 3+ years of hands-on experience with transformer models, strong Python proficiency, and deep familiarity with the Hugging Face ecosystem. This position offers a chance to impact the next generation of intelligent systems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with transformer-based models in NLP, CV, or multi-modal settings.
• Strong proficiency in Python; deep familiarity with PyTorch and the Hugging Face ecosystem.
• Solid understanding of attention mechanisms, positional encodings, and training dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Design, fine-tune, and evaluate large-scale transformer architectures (BERT, GPT, T5, and beyond).
• Lead end-to-end ML pipelines: data curation, training, optimisation, and serving.
• Apply techniques such as LoRA, RLHF, and quantisation to improve model efficiency and alignment.
• Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to ship models that solve real-world problems.
• Stay current with research; translate papers into practical, production-ready implementations.

Skills

Transformer-based models

Python proficiency

PyTorch

Attention mechanisms

Model deployment

Tools

Hugging Face

ONNX

TorchServe

Job description

Skale is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer in New York to design, fine-tune, and evaluate large-scale transformer models. The role involves leading end-to-end ML pipelines and collaborating with product teams to deliver real-world solutions. Candidates should have 3+ years of hands-on experience with transformer models, strong Python proficiency, and deep familiarity with the Hugging Face ecosystem. This position offers a chance to impact the next generation of intelligent systems.