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~The MetaEngineeringMachine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

Machine learning engineers in this role build and optimize systems that translate research models into production—spanning model serving infrastructure, inference performance tuning, and distributed training pipelines. They distinguish themselves by combining deep systems expertise with ML knowledge, working on problems like latency optimization, resource efficiency, and scaling models across heterogeneous hardware and platforms. These engineers typically sit within specialized teams focused on either search and retrieval, robotics, foundation models, or inference optimization, collaborating closely with research teams to operationalize cutting-edge architectures at scale.

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Machine Learning EngineerSoftware Engineer, Machine LearningApplied AI Engineer
283open jobs
56companies hiring
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Skills

What companies are looking for in this role.

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Designing and implementing machine learning models for production deployment

95%

Optimizing model inference performance for latency and throughput requirements

92%

Building scalable distributed systems for training and serving machine learning models

90%

Working with GPU and specialized hardware acceleration for model training and inference

89%

Profiling and debugging performance bottlenecks in machine learning systems

88%

Implementing and optimizing neural network architectures and training algorithms

87%

Architecting end-to-end machine learning systems from data collection to model serving

86%

Developing data pipelines and ETL workflows for model training and evaluation

85%

Managing production ML systems and responding to incidents in real-time environments

80%

Implementing monitoring, observability, and alerting systems for ML infrastructure

76%
$ skills --emerging

Leveraging large language models and foundation models for downstream applications

80%

Building and deploying agentic AI systems and autonomous agents

75%

Implementing retrieval-augmented generation and semantic search systems

72%

Optimizing model quantization and compression techniques for efficient inference

70%

Implementing reinforcement learning and alignment techniques for model training

65%
$ skills --soft

Cross-functional collaboration with research, product, and infrastructure teams

88%

Communicating technical decisions and providing architectural vision to stakeholders

82%

Defining and measuring quality metrics for machine learning system performance

78%

Breaking down complex, open-ended problems into manageable engineering strategies

75%

Mentoring junior engineers and promoting best practices in machine learning development

73%
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Technology

The tools and technologies that define this role.

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Pythonvery high
C++high
Rustmoderate
SQLmoderate
$ tech --framework
PyTorchvery high
TensorFlowhigh
Tritonhigh
JAXmoderate
Raymoderate
TRT-LLMmoderate
vLLMmoderate
LangChainlow
SGLanglow
$ tech --platform
CUDAhigh
Kubernetesmoderate
$ tech --tool
Dockermoderate
Gitmoderate
NCCLmoderate
XLAmoderate
CuTelow
CUTLASSlow
Grafanalow
Nsightlow
Prometheuslow
TVMlow
$ tech --concept
Geminimoderate
HLOlow
MLIRlow
Whisperlow
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Open Jobs

283 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs across 56 companies.

Twelve Labs1d
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search
Seoul, South Korea·Engineering
Twelve Labs2d
Senior ML Research Engineer, Marengo
Seoul, South Korea·Engineering
Skild AI3d
Senior Software Engineer, AI Training & Infrastructure
San Mateo·Engineering
Figure AI3d
Helix AI Engineer, Modeling
San Jose, CA·Engineering
Figure AI3d
Helix AI Engineer, Reinforcement Learning
San Jose, CA·Engineering
Figure AI3d
Helix AI Engineer, Pretraining
San Jose, CA·Engineering
Figure AI3d
Helix AI Engineer, Video Pretraining
San Jose, CA·Engineering
Figure AI3d
Helix AI Engineer, Generative AI
San Jose, CA·Engineering
Fundamental3d
Model Serving Engineer
Europe·Engineering
Block3d
Machine Learning Modeler, Advanced Insights & Modeling
Bay Area, CA, United States of America·Engineering
Perplexity4d
Internship - Search Machine Learning Engineer
London·Engineering
Twelve Labs5d
Machine Learning Engineer, Platform Integrations
San Francisco·Engineering
Waymo1w
Senior ML Compiler Engineer, Compute
Bangalore, Karnataka, India·Engineering
Perplexity1w
Machine Learning Research Engineer
Berlin·Engineering
Waymo1w
Principal Software Engineer, ML System Architect
Mountain View, CA, USA·Engineering
Graphcore1w
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Large Systems)
Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland·Engineering
Abnormal Security1w
Machine Learning Engineer II - Behavioral Security Products
Remote - UK·Engineering
Nscale1w
Senior AI Engineer
Singapore·Engineering
Waymo1w
Software Engineer
PERM - N/A·Engineering
Waymo1w
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception
Mountain View, CA, USA·Engineering