Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Fri, Jun 12, 2026
This job expires in: 25 days
Job Summary
Owning the full IDV ML stack, the full-time Staff Machine Learning Engineer will lead the technical strategy for identity verification models, ensuring the integrity of millions of accounts while working remotely with occasional in-person collaboration.
Key responsibilities
- Manage and optimize document authenticity models, face-matching systems, and detection mechanisms for various identity verification processes
- Develop identity-graph systems to detect synthetic-identity rings and coordinated fraud during onboarding
- Drive vendor ML strategy by benchmarking external models and building in-house evaluation layers
Required qualifications
- 8+ years of experience deploying production ML systems at scale with technical leadership in cross-team ML architecture
- Domain expertise in identity verification or biometrics, with applied ML experience in computer vision, GNNs, or NLP
- Proficiency in Python and experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch for model training and serving
- Ability to translate KYC/AML requirements into ML roadmaps and communicate effectively with stakeholders
- Experience utilizing generative AI responsibly to improve workflow efficiency and quality
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