Senior Machine Learning Engineer

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Irvine / $180000 - $220000 annum

INFO

Salary

SALARY:

$180000 - $220000

Location

LOCATION

Irvine

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

What You'll Do

  • Evaluate existing machine learning models and identify performance improvement opportunities
  • Train, test, deploy, and continuously refine production ML models
  • Improve feature engineering, model architectures, prediction accuracy, and optimization performance
  • Analyze large-scale datasets containing millions of records across multiple sources
  • Design and execute experiments to validate model improvements
  • Develop production-quality Python code and collaborate through code reviews and testing practices
  • Translate insights from complex datasets into measurable product and business outcomes
  • Monitor model effectiveness and evolve solutions as user behavior and market conditions change
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to align machine learning initiatives with business objectives

What Success Looks Like

During the first several months, you will:

  • Gain a deep understanding of existing machine learning systems and business objectives
  • Analyze large and complex datasets to uncover optimization opportunities
  • Improve prediction, ranking, recommendation, or optimization models
  • Introduce enhanced features, architectures, and model configurations
  • Deliver production-ready improvements that positively impact key performance metrics and revenue

Ideal Background

Successful candidates may come from backgrounds such as:

  • Senior Machine Learning Engineer
  • Applied Machine Learning Engineer
  • Data Scientist with strong production ML experience
  • Software Engineer specializing in Machine Learning

Experience in any of the following areas is highly valued:

  • Advertising technology and optimization
  • Ranking and bidding systems
  • Recommendation engines
  • Personalization systems
  • Search and relevance algorithms
  • Marketplace optimization
  • User value prediction
  • Large-scale forecasting and predictive systems

Candidates from consumer technology, marketplaces, digital products, or other large-scale data environments are encouraged to apply.


Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of industry experience in Machine Learning Engineering, Applied Machine Learning, or Data Science
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical field
  • Strong Python programming skills with hands-on experience building ML solutions
  • Advanced SQL skills, including complex joins, aggregations, and multi-source analysis
  • Experience working with datasets containing millions of records
  • Experience building, deploying, and optimizing production machine learning models
  • Strong understanding of feature engineering and its impact on model performance
  • Experience writing maintainable, testable, production-quality code
  • Ability to operate independently and drive technical decisions

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with optimization, ranking, recommendation, or personalization systems
  • Background in advertising technology or digital monetization platforms
  • Familiarity with feature stores and modern machine learning workflows
  • Experience with cloud platforms and modern data technologies
  • Knowledge of large-scale experimentation frameworks and model evaluation methodologies

CONTACT

Michael DeVita

Recruitment Consultant

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