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Principal Machine Learning Architect

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💎 Seniority level: Principal

📍 Location: USA

🔍 Industry: Software Development

🏢 Company: Sift👥 251-500💰 Secondary Market about 3 years agoFraud DetectionBig DataPredictive AnalyticsAnalyticsNetwork Security

🪄 Skills: AWSBackend DevelopmentLeadershipPythonSQLJavaKafkaKubeflowMachine LearningMLFlowPyTorchSoftware ArchitectureC++Cross-functional Team LeadershipAlgorithmsData scienceData StructuresSparkTensorflowCommunication SkillsAnalytical SkillsCollaborationProblem SolvingRESTful APIsMentoringStrategic thinkingData modeling

Requirements:
  • Proven experience building large-scale ML systems in production environments.
  • Familiarity with tools like Flink, Spark, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar frameworks.
  • Proficiency in not only Python, but also Java, C++, or similar languages.
  • Knowledge of industry best practices for deploying, maintaining, and scaling ML systems in production.
  • Experience in high-impact areas such as ad-tech, recommendation systems, personalization, search ranking, or gaming.
  • Strong understanding of modern ML engineering trends and challenges, including but not limited to model monitoring, drift detection, and retraining strategies.
  • Knowledge of GenAI, including LLMs, as well as the trends and challenges of building GenAI applications.
  • Ability to align and lead cross-functional teams on large-scale architectural initiatives.
  • Ability to provide guidance or mentor junior engineers
Responsibilities:
  • Architect scalable, reliable, and low-latency (150ms) ML systems for both online and offline use cases.
  • Evaluate and incorporate cutting-edge ML trends and technologies while aligning them with the company’s current architecture and goals.
  • Work closely with stakeholders across engineering, product, and data science teams to align technical designs with business priorities.
  • Establish and enforce best practices for maintaining consistent ML model performance in production.
  • Lead large-scale initiatives, such as transitioning to next-generation architectures, and ensure alignment across diverse engineering teams.
  • Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers to foster a culture of excellence.
  • Develop a deep understanding of business and customer KPIs.
  • Represent the innovation of our data science and ML in the industry.
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