Remote Sr. Machine Learning Engineer

Description:

• The Sr. Machine Learning Engineer at Varo will be responsible for building feature pipelines/embeddings for batch and real-time data.
• They will add functionality for the data science team to enhance model training, evaluation, and batch inference at scale.
• The role involves building and deploying production ML models, improving model monitoring and alerting, and working on services implemented in Python and Java/Kotlin.
• The engineer will accelerate ML development as the team scales up alongside Varo’s increasing adoption of ML solutions.
• They will design, implement, and own APIs and integrations between ML model inference services and the company’s broader engineering systems.
• Responsibilities also include advocating for ML platform observability, scalability, security, and performance, working in a cross-functional capacity with data science, product, and business stakeholders, and solving problems in various areas such as risk, fraud, lending, engagement, operations, and customer acquisition.

Requirements:

• Proficiency in a JVM language (Java, Kotlin, Scala) is a must, as the technical interview will be conducted in one of these languages.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field, along with 3 years of experience involving machine learning systems and model building, is required.
• Strong programming and software engineering skills are essential.
• Experience with technologies like Java/Kotlin, Python, gRPC, Terraform, Spring, AWS (Sagemaker, Glue), Kubernetes, Airflow, Spark, databases (DynamoDB, Postgres, Athena), Kafka, Docker, and ML tools/frameworks (Keras, Tensorflow, SparkML, pandas, scikit-learn, etc.) is necessary.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams and a Master’s degree in a related field is preferred.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive salary range of $140,000 - $180,000 per year, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies.
• Varo encourages applicants who meet most of the criteria and are excited about the opportunity to apply, even if they do not have all the requirements.
• Varo is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity and is committed to building teams representing a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.