Phantom

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

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7 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Define the long-term technical roadmap for growth and engagement machine learning systems.
  • Architect and deploy production-grade ML pipelines and real-time decisioning systems for personalization, notification dispatch, and onboarding.
  • Evaluate and integrate machine learning techniques including multi-armed bandits, reinforcement learning, LLM content generation, and graph neural networks.
  • Design, train, and validate models for churn propensity, lifetime value forecasting, next-best action, and lookalike modeling.
  • Build and optimize recommendation engines and semantic search systems.
  • Establish experimentation frameworks using advanced A/B testing, causal inference, and multivariate testing.
  • Partner with Product and Growth Marketing to translate business hypotheses into machine learning problems.
  • Mentor and coach senior engineers across data and ML organizations.
  • Advocate for model monitoring, feature stores, reproducible training pipelines, and data governance.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional experience in machine learning engineering, data science, or software engineering.
  • At least 3+ years in a Staff, Principal, or Tech Lead capacity.
  • Proven experience building and scaling ML systems in growth, marketing technology, recommendation engines, or consumer engagement.
  • Extensive experience with large-scale data processing and distributed computing.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java.
  • Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, or XGBoost.
  • Experience with data and MLOps infrastructure such as Spark, Flink, Kafka, Snowflake, BigQuery, Ray, Kubeflow, MLflow, or SageMaker.
  • Deep understanding of causal inference, uplift modeling, and robust statistical testing methodologies.
  • Ability to connect algorithmic improvements to business growth metrics.
  • Exceptional ability to explain complex technical architectures and algorithmic choices to non-technical stakeholders and executives.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully covered.
  • Stipend for a remote or work-from-home setup, including laptop, headphones, and other work gear.
  • Flexible hours and a supportive remote work environment.
  • Unlimited vacation.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Wellness benefit.
  • Daily lunch benefit.
  • Fully remote work arrangement.

Tech Stack

Apache FlinkApache KafkaApache SparkGoogle BigQueryJavaMLflowPythonPyTorchScalaSnowflakeTensorFlowXGBoost

Categories

Growth EngineeringML Engineering
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