Director of Machine Learning

About EarnInEarnIn is a trailblazer in the field of earned wage access, dedicated to creating innovative solutions that provide real-time financial flexibility for individuals navigating the challenges of living paycheck to paycheck. Our community empowers members to access their earnings as they earn them, offering options to spend, save, and invest without mandatory fees, interest charges, or credit inquiries.With a highly experienced leadership team and backing from esteemed partners such as A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, and Ribbit Capital, EarnIn is in a strong position with a thriving core business and significant growth potential. We are rapidly expanding and eager to onboard world-class talent to help us shape the future of our organization.POSITION SUMMARYWe are looking for a forward-thinking and experienced Director of Machine Learning to spearhead our machine learning initiatives across the organization. As a fintech leader, machine learning is central to our business strategy and enhances user experience. We rely on advanced, scalable ML systems to make impactful decisions and provide outstanding customer value. Our goal is to revolutionize success stories through the application of generative AI and cutting-edge machine learning algorithms, resulting in significant business and societal outcomes.The Director of ML will prioritize operational excellence by crafting and executing a strategy that transitions ML models from research to production, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and maintainability. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated history of deploying ML models at scale, particularly in dynamic startup settings. A strong coding background, familiarity with production-level ML engineering, and the ability to connect theoretical frameworks with practical execution are essential.The base salary range for this full-time role in Mountain View is $414,000 to $506,000, accompanied by equity and benefits. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. This is a hybrid position, requiring in-office work two days a week.

Join Coupang as the Director of Machine Learning Engineering and lead transformative projects that will redefine customer experiences. You will spearhead our machine learning initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovative solutions across our e-commerce platform.Responsibilities include:Developing and implementing cutting-edge machine learning algorithms.Leading a team of data scientists and engineers.Collaborating with stakeholders to identify opportunities for leveraging data to enhance customer satisfaction.To apply, please complete the Internal Transfer Request Form using your Coupang email address.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, aspiring to be the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, our focus has been on developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—aimed at enhancing mobility while significantly reducing traffic-related fatalities. Our autonomous driving technology powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hailing service, with the Waymo Driver having completed over ten million rider-only trips, leveraging its extensive experience of more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads and tens of billions of miles simulated across 15+ U.S. states.The Compute Team at Waymo is on a mission of critical importance. We are responsible for delivering the computing platform that operates our fully autonomous vehicle software stack. To meet this mission, we design high-performance custom silicon and develop system-level compute architectures that push the limits of performance, power efficiency, and latency. We collaborate closely across disciplines to ensure that our hardware and software designs achieve maximum efficiency and performance. We are seeking curious, talented individuals to join our multidisciplinary team to work on one of the highest performance automotive compute platforms in the world.This position follows a hybrid work model, and you will report directly to the Senior Staff Silicon Engineer.

Waymo is looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer focused on Runtime and Serving to help advance autonomous vehicle technology in Mountain View, CA. Role overview This position centers on developing and improving machine learning systems that support safe and efficient vehicle operation. The work involves optimizing algorithms and increasing the performance of deployed models in real-world conditions. What you will do Lead the design and implementation of machine learning systems used in autonomous vehicles Work on runtime and serving infrastructure to ensure reliable and efficient model deployment Contribute expertise to optimize algorithms for safety and operational performance Impact Your contributions will directly affect how Waymo's vehicles interpret and respond to their environment, supporting safer and more reliable autonomous driving.

Be Part of the Future of Home RoboticsAt Sunday Robotics, we are pioneering the development of personal robots that alleviate the burden of repetitive household tasks. Our mission is to democratize access to advanced robotics, allowing families to reclaim precious time.After an intensive 18 months of assembling a talented team, securing funding, and validating our innovative technology, we are eager to welcome passionate individuals to join us as we embark on the next exciting chapter of our journey. If you are enthusiastic about contributing your skills to the cutting edge of robotics, we want to hear from you!The RoleAs a Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer at Sunday Robotics, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of home robotics. You will develop end-to-end machine learning models for robotic manipulation, creating foundational systems that will expedite our efforts to introduce robots into everyday homes.This versatile position can be customized to align with your specific expertise, whether it be in data pipelines, training infrastructure, or inference. Your contributions will span the entire robot learning pipeline: from ingesting and processing multimodal data to scaling distributed training, optimizing real-time inference, and developing research tools.What You Will AccomplishEnhance the research codebase for optimal ergonomics and rapid iteration.Oversee model training infrastructure, including job scheduling, checkpointing, metrics, and logging.Facilitate distributed training across GPU clusters with minimal friction for researchers.Enable the training of larger models through techniques such as sharding and memory optimization.Profile and enhance GPU utilization, memory efficiency, and training throughput.Create low-latency inference pipelines for real-time robot control, employing techniques to optimize performance.Collaborate closely with researchers and roboticists to transform research requirements into robust software and infrastructure.Data Pipelines and Research ToolsArchitect high-throughput pipelines for the ingestion, validation, and transformation of multimodal robot data such as video and proprioception.Develop efficient storage systems and metadata indexing for seamless data retrieval.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the world’s most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been relentlessly focused on creating the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and prevent traffic-related fatalities. The Waymo Driver is the driving force behind our fully autonomous ride-hail service, optimized for various vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, alongside tens of billions of simulated miles across 15+ U.S. states, Waymo is redefining transportation.The ML Platform team at Waymo plays a critical role by offering a suite of tools that facilitate and automate the entire machine learning workflow lifecycle, including feature and experiment management, model development, optimization, and monitoring. Our initiatives have made machine learning more accessible across diverse teams at Waymo, including Perception, Planner, Research, and Simulation.We are seeking talented engineers with expertise in machine learning software or systems to enhance compute performance both in the cloud and on vehicles. You'll engage with the entire ML stack from a systems perspective, tackling challenges such as efficient deep learning models, model compression, and improving ML software (e.g., JAX, XLA, Triton, and CUDA). This hybrid position reports directly to the Senior Manager of Runtime and Optimization.

About EarnInEarnIn is a trailblazer in the earned wage access space, dedicated to empowering individuals with financial flexibility tailored for those living paycheck to paycheck. Our community members can access their earnings in real time, enabling them to spend, save, and enhance their financial well-being without burdensome fees, interest rates, or credit checks.With a robust leadership team and esteemed funding partners such as A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, and Ribbit Capital, we are positioned for rapid growth and are eager to attract top-notch talent to shape our future.Position SummaryAt EarnIn, machine learning (ML) is pivotal to our growth strategy. We harness advanced ML models to inform business decisions and enhance customer experiences. Your role will involve developing and implementing cutting-edge ML systems that leverage our data capabilities. You'll be tasked with thorough formulations, rigorous experimentation, and transforming ML models into efficient production-ready code, while also focusing on robustness monitoring and system logging/alarming.We are inviting enthusiastic students and recent graduates with a solid foundation in machine learning, deep learning, language models, generative AI, programming, and data analysis to join our 12-week Machine Learning Internship Program. You will engage in real-world projects, collaborate with industry experts, gain invaluable insights into the fintech sector, and contribute to meaningful business and social outcomes. This position requires hybrid work from our Mountain View office, with 2 days per week on-site. Compensation for this internship is set at $40 per hour, with a commitment of 40 hours per week for the duration of the program.What You'll DoTrain and optimize large-scale Foundation Models for diverse fintech applications.Work with extensive datasets, encompassing both structured and unstructured data.Contribute to enhancements of our existing ML systems through model, data, or experimental upgrades.Acquire hands-on experience with a variety of technologies, including PyTorch, AWS, Kafka, Databricks, and more.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, we have focused on developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—aimed at enhancing mobility access and significantly reducing traffic-related fatalities. The Waymo Driver powers our fully autonomous ride-hail service and is adaptable to various vehicle platforms and use cases. With over ten million rides completed, our technology has autonomously driven more than 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions of miles in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.The Predictive Planning team (PrePlan) is responsible for crafting and implementing cutting-edge machine learning solutions that forecast future scenarios and dictate the Waymo Driver's actions. Our goal is to harness Waymo’s vast driving data to create robust, generalizable, and high-performing deep neural networks, allowing our autonomous vehicles to navigate intricate environments safely and efficiently.In this hybrid role, you will collaborate closely with our PrePlan team under the guidance of a dedicated manager, with the team assignment occurring post-on-site interviews.

Waymo is pioneering the future of autonomous driving technology with a commitment to becoming the most trusted driver worldwide. Since its inception as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has dedicated itself to developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—with the goal of enhancing mobility access and saving countless lives currently lost to traffic accidents. The Waymo Driver not only powers our fully autonomous ride-hail service but is also adaptable across various vehicle platforms and applications. Having completed over ten million rider-only trips and autonomously navigated more than 100 million miles on public roads, our technology has undergone extensive testing, including tens of billions of miles in simulations across more than 15 U.S. states.The Simulator Team at Waymo specializes in creating cutting-edge simulations of realistic environments designed for the rigorous testing and training of the Waymo Driver. Our diverse and collaborative team comprises software engineers, machine learning (ML) engineers, and data scientists, all united in our mission to develop industry-leading simulation solutions utilizing advanced ML algorithms to measure and enhance the Waymo Driver's performance. By leveraging machine learning, we meticulously model real-world scenarios, including realistic agents such as vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, roads, traffic control systems, and varying weather conditions.To enhance the fidelity and steerability of our simulations, we integrate the latest ML technologies, including large foundation models trained on our exclusive datasets and advanced diffusion techniques. Our investment in robust infrastructure facilitates the swift setup and deployment of multiple scenarios for comprehensive testing of our autonomous driving systems.In this hybrid role, you will report to a Senior Engineering Manager.

Waymo is a leader in autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the world’s most trusted driver. Originating as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo is committed to enhancing mobility access while significantly reducing traffic-related fatalities. The Waymo Driver, recognized as The World’s Most Experienced Driver™, underpins our fully autonomous ride-hailing service and can be adapted for various vehicle configurations and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, we are at the forefront of transforming transportation across 15+ U.S. states.Our Compute Team plays a pivotal role in this mission, delivering the advanced compute platform that enables our fully autonomous vehicles to operate seamlessly. We focus on architecting and developing high-performance custom silicon and system-level compute architectures that optimize performance, power efficiency, and latency. By collaborating with various teams, we ensure our hardware and software are designed and fine-tuned for peak performance. We are a multidisciplinary group seeking innovative and talented individuals to contribute to one of the industry’s highest-performing automotive compute platforms.

Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving technology, is dedicated to becoming the world’s most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has developed the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and drastically reduce traffic-related fatalities. With over ten million rider-only trips and the ability to autonomously navigate more than 100 million miles on public roads, Waymo is transforming transportation across 15+ U.S. states.The Waymo Mapping team aims to create a high-resolution map of the world to facilitate safe autonomous driving. We employ both automated and manual mapping techniques and develop the necessary infrastructure to store, process, and distribute our maps. Our team collaborates with several other departments within Waymo that utilize map data.In this role, you will:Design, train, and deploy machine learning models that automate the creation of Waymo's HD maps, allowing for scalability in the Waymo Driver.Utilize and advance cutting-edge ML techniques, including Vision-Language Models (VLMs) and Generative AI, to innovate in mapping automation.Manage the entire model development lifecycle, from data mining and processing to model training, evaluation, validation, and production.Work closely with partner ML teams, such as Waymo Perception and Waymo AI Foundations, to implement pioneering research into scalable, reliable, production-ready solutions.

About NewsBreakEstablished in 2015, NewsBreak is a pioneering Content Intelligence platform redefining the content economy. With a robust user base of over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers tailored local news and information, powered by cutting-edge AI, recommendation systems, and advanced adtech.Acknowledged by Fast Company as #32 among the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we proudly hold Great Place to Work® certification and foster a vibrant team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders dedicated to addressing significant challenges at scale.Achieving unicorn status in 2021, we remain steadfast in our commitment to high growth, seeking the ideal team to realize our mission: to establish the foundational infrastructure for content intelligence.If you’re driven to dream big, innovate rapidly, and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you! For more details, visit www.newsbreak.com/aboutAbout the Role:We are seeking a Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer to join us in building the pivotal infrastructure that trains, serves, and monitors the models behind our Ads and Recommendations products. You will be part of a small, high-responsibility team that implements platform enhancements end-to-end—collaborating with product and data teams to minimize latency and costs while expediting the transition from concept to safely launched model.Your role will encompass the entire ML lifecycle: enhancing training efficiency and reliability, optimizing model serving performance, and fortifying our feature/embedding platform to ensure models remain current and consistent across offline and online applications. We are looking for someone who takes genuine ownership, completes tasks, and elevates the standards for stability and developer experience.Why This Role:Scope & Impact: Join a small team with a significant influence—your contributions will directly impact production.Ownership: Manage everything from design to rollout and post-launch insights; enjoy real autonomy with support.Growth: Gain visibility across the stack and a clear pathway to lead projects and mentor others.Pragmatic Culture: We prioritize outcomes over jargon, valuing clear thinking and follow-through.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the most trusted driver in the world. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has made significant strides in developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility and save lives lost in traffic accidents. Our technology powers a fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable across various vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, our experience is unmatched.As part of the DUE ML Core team, you will play a pivotal role in building and managing scalable machine learning and data systems, refining simulation workflows, and enhancing developer onboarding experiences. This position combines expert human insight with cutting-edge machine learning models to produce training and evaluation data for a multitude of metrics and components integral to the Waymo Driver. We seek passionate researchers and software engineers eager to advance machine learning methodologies for our autonomous vehicle evaluation systems and continuously improve the performance of our technological framework.

Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving technology, is dedicated to becoming the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, our focus has been on creating the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and prevent traffic-related fatalities. With our Waymo Driver, we have powered a fully autonomous ride-hail service, achieving over ten million rider-only trips and accumulating experience from over 100 million miles driven on public roads and tens of billions of miles in simulation across more than 15 U.S. states.The Waymo AI Foundations team is on a mission to create machine learning solutions that address critical challenges in autonomous driving, aiming to operate Waymo vehicles safely across numerous cities and under various driving conditions. We actively engage in collaborative efforts with other research teams within Alphabet, focusing on areas such as reinforcement learning, learning from demonstrations, generative modeling, Bayesian inference, hierarchical learning, and robust evaluation.This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Senior Staff Software Engineer.

About the Role Waymo is looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer focused on Prediction & Planning to join the System Architecture team. This position is based in Mountain View, CA, San Francisco, CA, or New York City, NY. What You Will Do Design and implement advanced machine learning algorithms for autonomous vehicle prediction and planning. Develop systems that improve the safety and efficiency of self-driving technology. Collaborate with engineers and researchers across teams to advance core capabilities in autonomous driving. Impact Your work will help shape the systems that guide Waymo’s vehicles, supporting safer and more reliable autonomous transportation.

Who We AreAt Ema, we are pioneering cutting-edge AI technologies designed to enhance the creativity and productivity of employees across enterprises. Our unique technology enables organizations to entrust Ema, the AI employee, with repetitive tasks, freeing up human talent for more strategic initiatives. Founded by a team of former executives from tech giants such as Google, Coinbase, and Okta, and backed by prestigious investors including Accel Partners and Naspers, we are on the forefront of the AI revolution.Our diverse team, composed of top engineers from leading tech firms like Microsoft Research and Facebook, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, primarily from renowned institutions such as Stanford and MIT. Operating out of Silicon Valley and Bangalore, India, we embrace a hybrid work model, requiring employees to be in our Mountain View, CA office three days a week.Who You AreWe seek passionate and innovative Machine Learning Engineers who thrive on tackling complex challenges and enjoy working with vast datasets. You have a talent for translating theoretical concepts into practical, scalable solutions, and you are a collaborative team player who excels in autonomous settings. Your enthusiasm for employing machine learning techniques, particularly in Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval, is matched only by your desire to contribute to a mission-driven, high-growth startup making a significant impact.Your ResponsibilitiesDesign, develop, and deploy machine learning models that drive our NLP, retrieval, ranking, reasoning, dialog, and code-generation systems.Implement state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms, including Transformer-based models and reinforcement learning, to enhance AI system performance.Analyze and process large, complex datasets (structured, semi-structured, and unstructured) to inform model development.Engage throughout the entire machine learning model lifecycle, from problem identification and data exploration to feature engineering and model evaluation.

The OpportunityAre you passionate about leading innovative projects that harness AI technology to enhance the value of meetings and conversations? Join our dynamic AI team at Otter.ai, where you will collaborate with seasoned scientists and engineers to advance our machine learning capabilities. As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will leverage your robust software engineering expertise to scale and optimize our ML systems, transforming pioneering research into production-ready features that drive our summarization and conversational intelligence offerings.Your ImpactDesign, build, and advance expansive Speech Recognition, Natural Language Processing, and Large Language Model systems that underpin essential product experiences, including chat and speech understanding across millions of interactions.Lead the architecture and development of training, fine-tuning, post-training, and inference methodologies for large-scale language and speech models utilizing PyTorch and/or JAX, making informed trade-offs among quality, latency, cost, and reliability.Enhance model architectures, loss functions, decoding methods, and training strategies for speech and language models, guided by both research insights and practical constraints.Oversee the complete ML system lifecycle, from research prototyping to production deployment, including monitoring, iteration, and ongoing maintenance.Collaborate closely with product and infrastructure teams to translate groundbreaking research into scalable, production-grade systems that yield significant user and business impact.Drive enhancements in model performance, reliability, observability, and operational excellence using real-world conversational data at scale.Establish technical direction and best practices for ML infrastructure, data pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and deployment processes in a cloud environment.Identify and resolve complex challenges in model behavior, data quality, scaling, and system interactions, often preemptively addressing issues before they affect users.Mentor and uplift fellow engineers, shaping team standards, reviewing designs, and fostering a culture of high-quality technical decision-making and execution.Influence applied research and technical strategies by pinpointing promising speech and multimodal modeling techniques, and driving their validation and adoption.

Aeva, Inc. is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer with a focus on Perception to join the team in Mountain View, CA. This role centers on developing algorithms that help autonomous systems interpret and respond to their environment. The work draws on both machine learning and computer vision to improve how autonomous vehicles perceive the world around them. Key responsibilities Design and build perception algorithms for autonomous platforms Use machine learning and computer vision on real-world datasets Support progress in autonomous vehicle technology through technical contributions Work closely with engineers and researchers to expand product capabilities Location This position is based in Mountain View, CA.

Coupang is looking for a Staff Machine Learning Engineer in Mountain View to help strengthen its e-commerce platform. This position centers on applying advanced machine learning methods to improve both user experience and internal operations. Role overview The Staff Machine Learning Engineer will work closely with teams across the company to design, build, and launch machine learning models. These efforts aim to solve complex business challenges and support Coupang’s growth. Key responsibilities Develop and implement machine learning models that enhance system performance Collaborate with cross-functional groups to identify and address business needs Contribute to the deployment and ongoing improvement of machine learning solutions Location This role is based in Mountain View, USA.

Waymo is an innovative leader in autonomous driving technology, dedicated to transforming mobility and enhancing safety on the roads. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, our mission is to develop the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to significantly reduce traffic-related fatalities and improve accessibility to transportation. The Waymo Driver is the backbone of our fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable across various vehicle platforms and use cases. To date, we have successfully completed over ten million trips and have driven autonomously for more than 100 million miles on public roads along with extensive simulation miles.The Waymo AI Foundations team is at the forefront of advancing machine learning solutions to tackle critical challenges in autonomous driving. Our objective is to ensure the safe operation of Waymo vehicles in diverse urban environments and under varying driving conditions. We actively collaborate with other research teams within Alphabet to drive innovation in areas such as reinforcement learning, generative modeling, and robust evaluation.This position offers a hybrid work schedule, and you will report directly to a Senior Staff Software Engineer.