Lead Machine Learning Engineer

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New York / $200000 - $230000 annum

INFO

Salary
SALARY:

$200000 - $230000

Location

LOCATION

New York

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

THE COMPANY

My client is a fast-growing private equity firm with a portfolio of billion-dollar companies. They are hiring a Lead Machine Learning Engineer to drive AI and machine learning initiatives, building advanced models that support both internal operations and client strategies. This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of key AI projects while mentoring junior team members.

THE ROLE

As a Lead ML Engineer, you will:

  • Develop and deploy machine learning and NLP/LLM models for business transformation.
  • Work closely with internal teams and clients to implement AI-driven solutions.
  • Lead AI initiatives across investment risk, compliance, and automation.
  • Guide and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with senior stakeholders.
  • Help design AI strategies that enhance business performance and uncover new opportunities.

YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate will have:

  • 6+ years of experience in AI/ML development.
  • A degree in a quantitative or STEM field.
  • Strong ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience leading ML projects and mentoring junior team members.
  • Expertise in NLP, including text summarization, classification, and entity extraction.
  • Proficiency in Python and NLP libraries (spaCy, NLTK, gensim, BERT, etc.).
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure preferred but not required).
  • Exposure to data visualization tools.
  • Consulting experience is a plus.

THE BENEFITS

  • Competitive base salary of $200,000-230,000
  • Bonus and full benefits package
  • Opportunity to lead AI-driven initiatives in a high-growth firm

HOW TO APPLY

Register your interest by sending your resume to Jack Wolf via the Apply link on this page.

CONTACT

Jack Wolf

Recruitment Consultant

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