Remote Machine Learning Engineer, Apprentice

Description:

• Fetch is building a platform that empowers consumers to earn rewards for their purchases, with over $1 billion in rewards delivered to date.
• The company is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Apprentice to contribute to the ML Engineering team, which focuses on enabling intelligent systems for users and partners.
• The role involves developing ML models and the infrastructure needed to operationalize them at scale, including data management, model development, and deployment in production settings.
• The apprentice will work closely with backend, devops, and data scientists, and will be expected to create value in a fast-moving environment.
• Candidates should have experience with training and deploying ML models, particularly in high-traffic production environments.
• This position is not a college internship and requires graduation by June 2024.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have excellent programming skills, particularly in Python, and proficiency in other programming languages is welcome.
• Experience in training ML models using frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow is required.
• Applicants should have experience deploying models in production environments that handle significant traffic, processing hundreds of events per second.
• Experience working with a meaningful-sized codebase (minimum of a thousand lines) over an extended period is necessary.
• Bonus points for excellent written and verbal communication skills, independent problem-solving abilities, and deep expertise in PyTorch/TensorFlow.
• Additional preferred skills include experience with model servers, ONNX, TensorRT, CUDA, OpenAI Triton, search, ranking, ads, streaming data, Kafka, and deploying applications in public cloud environments like AWS.

Benefits:

• The apprenticeship is a 3-month program that offers challenging and meaningful work, providing significant experience and growth as an engineer.
• The position pays $40 per hour for a minimum of 40 hours of work per week.
• Apprentices will receive a free Mac laptop, monitors, and any other necessary equipment to ensure success.
• Apprentices will work on the same projects as permanent employees and will not be treated differently.
• There is no expectation for the role to convert to a full-time position, and there are no health benefits during the apprenticeship.
• Fetch provides an onboarding buddy on the first day to assist new apprentices.