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Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Mavent Analytics
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/10/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/9/2025

This is a remote position.

Our client is seeking a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to drive ML innovation and business impact. As a handson leader you ll leverage AWS tools and opensource technologies to build and enhance ML models. You ll mentor a ML team collaborate with business stakeholders and explore cuttingedge techniques like LLMs GenAI and deep learning to align ML solutions with company goals. The role is remote with 5 travel to the Chicagoarea.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Lead ML Innovation : Develop and refine ML solutions using AWS tools to maximize business impact.
  • Mentorship & Coaching : Guide the ML engineering team fostering growth and continuous learning.
  • Handson : Split time between model development deployment and optimization 50 and research & development 50.
  • Crossfunctional Collaboration : Partner with the Principal Data Scientist and key stakeholders to drive ML strategy.
  • Research & Industry Awareness : Stay current with emerging ML technologies and best practices.
  • Platform Optimization : Improve ML infrastructure for scalability efficiency and cost reduction.

Education & Experience Requirements :

  • Education : Master s in Computer Science Data Science ML or a related quantitative field (Ph.D. preferred).
  • Experience : 7 years in ML engineering or combination of ML engineering with AI or data science with 3 years in a leadership or mentorship role.
  • Technical Expertise :

  • Strong knowledge of ML algorithms deep learning NLP and GenAI techniques.
  • Proficiency in AWS ML services (SageMaker Bedrock ECS) and MLOps practices or similar cloud services (i.e. GCP Azure).
  • Proven ability to build and manage CI / CD containers and orchestration (i.e. ECS Dagster)
  • Advanced Python programming skills with experience in TensorFlow PyTorch Scikitlearn.
  • Expertise in data pipelines feature engineering and model lifecycle management need to be proficient in APIs.
  • Familiarity with vector databases (i.e. Pinecone FAISS Elasticsearch) and distributed computing.
  • Soft Skills & Leadership :

  • Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical excellence.
  • Strong problemsolving skills and an innovative mindset.
  • Ability to collaborate with crossfunctional teams and communicate ML concepts effectively.
  • Comfortable in a fastpaced evolving environment.
  • Why Apply

  • Autonomy & Innovation : Shape ML strategies with direct business impact.
  • Continuous Learning : Work with the latest ML technologies.
  • Career Growth : Opportunity to lead and scale ML initiatives.
  • Collaborative Culture : Engage with executives and industry experts.
  • What You ll Get :

  • Competitive salary annual bonus and longterm incentives
  • Flexible remotefirst work environment (approx. 10 travel)
  • Access to cuttingedge ML tools and mentorshipdriven culture
  • If youre excited about leading ML innovation and mentoring a toptier team apply now !

  • Mavent Analytics and our client engages in ways that embrace diversity of race ethnicity culture gender identity age sex disability and experience.
  • Requirements

    Education & Experience Requirements :

  • Education : Master s in Computer Science Data Science ML or a related quantitative field (Ph.D. preferred).
  • Experience : 7 years in ML engineering or combination of ML engineering with AI or data science with 3 years in a leadership or mentorship role.
  • Technical Expertise :

  • Strong knowledge of ML algorithms deep learning NLP and GenAI techniques.
  • Proficiency in AWS ML services (SageMaker Bedrock ECS) and MLOps practices or similar cloud services (i.e. GCP Azure).
  • Proven ability to build and manage CI / CD containers and orchestration (i.e. ECS Dagster)
  • Advanced Python programming skills with experience in TensorFlow PyTorch Scikitlearn.
  • Expertise in data pipelines feature engineering and model lifecycle management need to be proficient in APIs.
  • Familiarity with vector databases (i.e. Pinecone FAISS Elasticsearch) and distributed computing.
  • Soft Skills & Leadership :

  • Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical excellence.
  • Strong problemsolving skills and an innovative mindset.
  • Ability to collaborate with crossfunctional teams and communicate ML concepts effectively.
  • Comfortable in a fastpaced evolving environment.
  • Benefits

    Medical dental vision 401(k) annual bonus longterm incentive

    Machine Learning, Python, Deep Learning, GenAI, Cloud, APIs, TensorFlow, PyTorch, CI / CD, Container Orchestration

    Education

    MS Degree

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    Employment Type : Full Time

    Experience : years

    Vacancy : 1

    Monthly Salary Salary : 200000 - 200000

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