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Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Sun, Sep 27, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Bridging hands-on MLOps execution with research-level thinking, the full-time Principal Machine Learning Engineer will build and maintain ML systems, implement cutting-edge ML architectures, and shape the long-term vision for search and discovery, all while working remotely or in Playa Vista, CA.

Key responsibilities:
  • Build new ML systems and improve existing ML pipelines while addressing data gaps
  • Implement and benchmark ML papers on model architectures through training experiments
  • Manage infrastructure to support ML workloads and drive architectural decisions with the engineering team
Required qualifications:
  • 8+ years of experience in machine learning engineering with a focus on MLOps and research
  • Hands-on experience with ML papers and running comparative training experiments
  • Experience building and operating ML infrastructure, such as a Redis cluster
  • Familiarity with search and discovery systems influenced by large language models
  • Proven ability to present technical results and business impact to diverse audiences

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