Typeface

Senior Staff ML Engineer

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4 months ago
Palo Alto, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$200k - $247k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive Typeface’s long-term technical vision and company-level strategy for generative AI
  • Lead the architecture and design of scalable ML platforms for training, fine-tuning, evaluation, inference, safety, and serving
  • Architect and lead large-scale generative AI systems for agentic orchestration and multimodal content generation
  • Drive cross-team initiatives across multiple ML systems and product areas
  • Partner with executive leadership, product, and design on high-impact technical and product decisions
  • Establish best practices for ML evaluation, safety, reliability, and performance at scale
  • Identify and incubate high-impact 0-to-1 generative AI opportunities
  • Mentor engineers across levels and raise the technical bar across the ML organization

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience building and scaling machine learning systems with demonstrated Staff+ impact
  • Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • Proven experience driving multi-team or company-level technical strategy
  • Experience leading large, ambiguous, high-impact platform or 0-to-1 initiatives
  • Deep expertise in ML systems and infrastructure, including training, evaluation, and inference at scale
  • Strong background in generative AI, LLMs, and multimodal systems
  • Ability to influence senior leadership and align cross-functional stakeholders
  • Track record of mentoring senior engineers and elevating engineering excellence
  • Proficiency in Python and systems-level programming such as C or C++
  • Experience building ML platforms used across multiple products or teams is a bonus
  • Prior Staff+, Principal, or Senior Staff experience at a leading AI or technology company is a bonus
  • Contributions through publications, patents, open source, or widely adopted systems are a bonus
  • Experience in enterprise SaaS or high-growth startup environments is a bonus

Benefits

  • Equity and 401(k)
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for the employee and family
  • HSA and FSA options
  • Flexible time off, including parental leave
  • Well-being programs supporting mental and physical health
  • Daily lunch and snacks
  • Hybrid work based in the Palo Alto headquarters, with 3 days per week in the office
  • Mentorship and opportunities to work with AI leaders

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About Typeface

201-500 employees

Typeface builds an enterprise marketing orchestration platform that uses generative AI, governed agents, and shared brand intelligence to plan, produce, and manage on-brand content across channels. Its suite includes Arc Graph, Arc Forge, Arc Agents, and Arc Spaces, with integrations to Salesforce, Microsoft, and Google; it sells on a SaaS basis to large organizations. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Palo Alto, the company counts ASICS and Johnson Controls among its customers.

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