Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Description For Staff Machine Learning Engineer
EvenUp is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to join their mission of supporting injury law firms across America. The role involves leveraging large language models (LLMs) to bring fairness and accessibility to the legal system. Key responsibilities include staying current with ML advancements, building and deploying models, setting team best practices for prompt engineering, providing technical leadership, and acting as a strategic advisor. The ideal candidate should have 10+ years of ML experience, a PhD in a quantitative field, expertise in LLMs, and strong leadership skills. EvenUp offers a collaborative environment with an interdisciplinary team working on cutting-edge problems in the legal domain. Benefits include flexible PTO, health insurance, and a 401k for US-based employees. EvenUp is backed by top VCs and is committed to diversity and inclusion.
Responsibilities For Staff Machine Learning Engineer
- Stay on top of the latest advancements in ML and prompt engineering and direct the team to adjust direction accordingly
- Build and deploy models in production that tangibly impact the lives of our customers
- Help set team best practices on how prompting experimentation and development is done; design and implement efficient procedures for benchmarking and optimizing prompt performance
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship for a highly skilled team of data scientists and machine learning engineers, guiding them in solving complex business problems
- Act as a strategic advisor for leaders across the organization on driving business impact through machine learning
- Own technical roadmaps and work closely with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to integrate research findings into scalable, production-ready solutions
Requirements For Staff Machine Learning Engineer
- 10+ years of experience in machine learning with multiple models deployed in operational settings
- PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or other quantitative field
- Strong proficiency with the latest Large Language Model (LLM) technologies
- Expertise in one or more areas of machine learning, such as deep learning, reinforcement learning, probabilistic modeling, or optimization
- Strong communication, collaboration, and coaching skills
- High proficiency in a procedural programming language (e.g. Python)
- Ability to translate and apply cutting edge research into practical solutions
- Strong leadership and mentorship abilities, with a passion for guiding and developing other team members
Benefits For Staff Machine Learning Engineer
- Choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your family
- Flexible paid time off and 10+ holidays per year
- A stipend to upgrade your home office for fully-remote roles
- 401k for US-based employees
