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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
Open Jobs297
Companies Hiring64
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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

297 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs across 64 companies.

Waabi6d
Distillation Lead
San Francisco, CA·Engineering
Periodic Labs1w
ML Systems Engineer
Menlo Park·Engineering
Waymo1w
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Runtime and Serving
Mountain View, CA, USA·Engineering
Reka AI1w
Member of Technical Staff: Machine Learning Engineer
Remote·Engineering
Lovable1w
AI Researcher, Post Training
Stockholm·Engineering
Poolside1w
Member of Engineering (Reinforcement Learning Infrastructure)
Remote (EMEA/East Coast)·Engineering
Waymo1w
Senior ML Engineer, LLM / VLM Distillation
Mountain View, California, United States, Mountain View, California, United States·Engineering
PhysicsX1w
Machine Learning Engineer
New York, United States·Engineering
PhysicsX1w
Machine Learning Software Engineer, Research
London, United Kingdom·Engineering
PhysicsX1w
Staff Machine Learning Software Engineer, Research
London, United Kingdom·Engineering
Waymo1w
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal Perception (LLM/VLM)
Mountain View, CA, USA·Engineering
Waymo1w
Principal Software Engineer - Waymo Driver Post Training
Mountain View, CA, USA·Engineering
Decagon1w
Staff Research Engineer
New York City·Engineering
Decagon1w
Senior Research Engineer
New York City·Engineering
Block1w
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, AI Personalization
Bay Area, CA, United States of America·Engineering
Aleph Alpha1w
Senior AI Engineer – Pre-training Data (f/m/d)
Heidelberg·Engineering
Waymo1w
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Vehicle Compliance Reasoning
Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA·Engineering
Waabi1w
Research Engineer, Calibration
San Francisco, CA·Engineering
Waymo2w
Machine Learning Engineer, ML Resources
Mountain View, CA, USA·Engineering
OpenAI2w
Machine Learning Engineer, API Multicloud
San Francisco·Engineering