Machine Learning Engineer

Description

Robert Half is seeking a full-time Machine Learning Engineer to join an innovative team. In this role, you will work closely with the data science, product, and other key departments to enhance our website's functionality and user experience through advanced machine learning models and algorithms. You will be instrumental in identifying and implementing ML solutions to solve complex problems and improve our products.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. Collaboration: Work with data scientists, product, and marketing teams to translate business needs into technical specifications for machine learning solutions.
2. Model Development: Create and refine machine learning models and algorithms.
3. Model Evaluation: Evaluate, tune, and iterate models to achieve desired performance metrics (precision, F1 score, type-II error rates, etc.).
4. System Integration: Assist in the design of architecture, model deployment, and integration with existing systems.
5. Optimization: Enhance the performance and scalability of ML models in production environments, optimizing cost and efficiency in training, deployment, and inference processes.
6. Automation: Implement automated processes for data preparation, model training, testing, and deployment.
7. Consultation: Advise development, product, and marketing teams on data collection requirements.
8. Monitoring: Monitor and maintain ML systems to ensure consistent and reliable performance.
9. Continued Learning: Stay updated with the latest advancements in ML technologies and methodologies, incorporating best practices into projects.

Requirements

Skills & Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related technical field.
• Experience: Minimum of three years as an ML Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, or a similar technical role.
• ML Expertise: Proven experience in ML model building, iteration, evaluation, retraining, and maintenance.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficiency in Python and advanced SQL.
• Experience with Linux servers, BASH, and process management.
• Familiarity with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain).
• Experience with software engineering tools and best practices (e.g., version control, writing extensible code, containerization).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Knowledge of CI/CD best practices and tools.
• Data Judgment: Strong sense for data correctness, understanding dataset biases and correction methods.
• Statistical Knowledge: Robust statistical and analytical skills.
• Initiative: Self-starter with excellent problem-solving abilities and a willingness to take risks.
• Communication: Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Environment: Desire to thrive in a fast-paced, results-driven environment with immediate business impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Education: Master's Degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• Portfolio: Demonstrated expertise in machine learning, data analysis, and system integration through project portfolios.
• Specialized Experience: Experience with recommendation systems, ensemble methods, large language models (LLMs), and RAG-based systems.
• AWS Services: In-depth experience with specific AWS services (Sagemaker, API Gateway, Lambda, Redshift, Redshift Spectrum, ECR, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, CloudWatch).
• API and Micro-Services: Experience in API development and maintenance, and micro-services management.

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