Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning (ML) - San Francisco (Mostly Remote) - Competitive Salary + Equity + Opportunity to work with an Ambitious, Rapidly-Growing Start-Up
This start-up challenger are currently looking for a Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning to lead their team of 5-6 and help drive the business forwards.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Machine Learning Team Leader with hands-on experience to take that next step into an exciting position with a very well-run and ambitious organisation in an innovative, exciting space.
This young and agile company are building cutting-edge AI platforms. They are in a unique space where there is an opportunity for them to gain significant market share very quickly.
About the Company:
This young company who were founded a few years ago have taken big strides in their space already.
With their ambitious product vision in AI and ML, you will tackle interesting technical challenges that push the boundaries of what's possible.
There is the opportunity to work within a complex codebase, own entire product points, and build new features end-to-end.
They work on building GenAI software to help accelerate organizations.
Everything they do is entrenched in achieving engineering excellence.
They are a meritocratic, mission-driven organization focused on technical excellence, practical innovation, and meaningful impact with the aim of solving real problems through cutting-edge AI technology.
Their culture is not corporate, and they like to trust their employees to take on a lot of responsibility and have input into the shape of growth of the organisation.
About the Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning (ML) Vacancy:
This is an exciting chance to manage their Machine Learning Engineering (MLE) team.
The MLE team has the exciting remit of taking ML research improvements to production and ensuring that they create value for their customers.
The ideal candidate for this role will be excited to collaborate across the stack, all the way from the research team to talking with users of their products.
You will report to the VP of Engineering who oversees Machine Learning Engineering, Product Engineering, Core Platform Engineering, and Data Platform and Analytics.
Their office is located in South San Francisco.
They support remote work on a variety of teams, and they have a strong Bay Area presence across the company.
The local R&D teams come into the office every Wednesday for co-working days, which this role will be expected to attend.
You Will:
• Lead a talented team of engineers focused on improving machine learning capabilities and delivering cutting-edge products
• Supervise and directly contribute across all parts of the LLM stack, including model finetuning, inference, evaluation, and deployment
• Develop infrastructure and tooling to improve the model development lifecycle
• Oversee a high-performing team via hands-on contributions and coaching
• Translate business requirements into technical designs that work within constraints such as latency, cost, performance, and uptime
• Set the vision and direction for the team and attract top talent
Ideal Requirements for the Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning (ML) Vacancy:
• MS or PhD in Computer Science preferred, with an emphasis in Machine Learning
• Several years of work experience in Machine Learning
• Several years of people management experience, including building career development/growth plans, conducting performance reviews, and 1:1s with team members
• Hands-on experience fine-tuning and training models in-house in your most recent role
• Experience working with LLMs, RAG, and embeddings
• Experience deploying trained LLMs to production
• Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, and Kubernetes
• Strong management and mentorship skills, fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with an ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and succinctly
• Excellent quantitative critical thinking skills
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