Machine Learning Engineer

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Apache Hadoop, Apache Kafka, Data science techniques, Deep Learning, Effective communication skills, Large Language Models - LLMs, Machine learning techniques, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Python Programming, PyTorch, SPARK Programming, TensorFlow

Job Description

You will play a critical role in incorporating artificial intelligence and generative AI into the Salesforce. You will participate in the end-to-end AI product development lifecycle. You will design and develop the scalable deep learning and generative AI system and services, and partner with AI Platform Engineers, Software Engineers to define requirements, design and develop reusable workflow and ML pipeline.

What you’ll do:

• Design and deliver scalable generative AI services that can be integrated with many applications, thousands of tenants, and run at scale in production.
• Drive system efficiencies through automation, including capacity planning, configuration management, performance tuning, monitoring and root cause analysis.
• Participate in periodic on-call rotations and be available for critical issues.
• Partner with Product Managers, Application Architects, Data Scientists, and Deep Learning Researchers to understand customer requirements, design prototypes, and bring innovative technologies to production
• Participate in meal conversations with your team members about really important topics, such as: Should the cuteness of panda bears be a factor in their survivability? Is love a decision tree or a regression model? How far ahead would society be today if we had 12 fingers instead of 10?

Required Skills:

• 2+ years of industry experience of ML engineering in building AI system and/or services.
• Experience with LLMs and prompt engineering
• Strong experience building and applying machine learning models for business applications
• Strong experience programming in Python, and using machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
• Proven ability to implement, operate, and deliver results via innovation at large scale
• Experience with distributed, scalable systems and modern data storage, messaging and processing frameworks, including Kafka, Spark, Docker, Hadoop, etc.
• Good working knowledge of Deep Learning and Machine Learning algorithms. In the very least, you have a strong interest in this domain, as exemplified by coursework you've taken and personal projects you developed.
• Grit, drive and a strong feeling of ownership coupled with collaboration and leadership.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in developing deep learning models with complex business use cases and big amount of unstructured data.
• Solid Machine Learning Engineering background and familiarity with state-of-the-art deep learning techniques especially for NLP.
• Expertise with applying LLMs, prompt design, and fine-tuning methods
• Strong background in ML approaches and techniques, ranging from Artificial Neural Networks to Bayesian methods
• Experience with conversational AI
• Fantastic problem solver; ability to solve problems that the world has not solved before
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Demonstrated track record of cultivating strong working relationships and driving collaboration across multiple technical and business teams

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For New York-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $146,600 to $220,000.

For Colorado-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $133,400 to $183,400.

For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $133,400 to $201,700.

For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $146,600 to $220,000.