Scale AI · 5 days ago
Machine Learning Research Engineer, GenAI Applied ML
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$176K/yr - $220K/yr
3+ years expScale AI is dedicated to accelerating the development of AI applications, serving as a leading AI data foundry. The Machine Learning Research Engineer will lead the development of machine learning systems for internal and external customer use cases across Scale’s GenAI platform, ensuring usability, reliability, and value of ML workflows.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data Collection and LabelingGenerative AIImage RecognitionMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Design and deploy machine learning models to power core customer-facing and internal GenAI features
Build real-time and batch ML systems that analyze structured and unstructured signals
Combine traditional ML techniques with LLMs and neural networks to improve task performance and reliability
Create robust evaluation frameworks and iterate quickly based on performance and feedback
Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to embed ML systems into production workflows and infrastructure
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience building and deploying ML models in production environments
Experience delivering ML solutions that serve real-world user or customer needs
Proficiency in ML and deep learning frameworks such as scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX
Familiarity with LLMs and experience applying foundation models for structured downstream tasks
Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building ML systems in microservice architectures (e.g., using AWS or GCP)
Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to work cross-functionally across product, ops, and engineering
Preferred
Hands-on experience rapidly prototyping and iterating on ML systems with changing requirements
Familiarity with data quality pipelines or internal evaluation frameworks
Contributions to open-source LLM fine-tuning efforts or internal LLM alignment projects
Research or published work in top ML venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP)
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
Retirement benefits
A learning and development stipend
Generous PTO
Commuter stipend
Company
Scale AI
Scale’s mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world’s most important decisions.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$15.9BKey Investors
MetaAccelTiger Global Management
2025-06-10Corporate Round· $14.3B
2025-06-04Series Unknown
2024-05-21Series F· $1B
Leadership Team
Jason Droege
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Dennis Cinelli
Chief Financial Officer
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