Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Bloomreach2 months ago
Remote, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own the technical roadmap and provide architecture leadership for ML- and AI-driven search relevance solutions.
- Design, develop, and enhance machine learning models and algorithms for search and relevance.
- Own model evaluation and experimentation frameworks for high-quality deployments.
- Analyze queries, product catalogs, user behavior, and relevance data to identify patterns and improve search quality.
- Partner with software and data engineers to integrate and scale ML components in production systems.
- Mentor engineers and influence cross-team engineering and product decisions.
- Stay current with developments in machine learning, information retrieval, and generative AI.
Requirements
- BE/B.Tech/ME/M.Tech in Computer Science or a related discipline, with a strong mathematical foundation and excellent programming skills.
- 8+ years of experience building production ML-driven systems and algorithms.
- Strong Python skills and proficiency in a backend language such as Java or Go.
- Experience building low-latency, scalable distributed systems in a cloud production environment such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Strong background in search, information retrieval, ranking, or search relevance with large-scale data and ML systems.
- Hands-on experience applying LLMs to search or ML problems, including quality, latency, and cost trade-offs.
- Experience working across multiple merchants, domains, and languages.
- Strong NLP and search quality experience, including intent identification, query understanding, data analysis, and domain-specific model tuning.
- Relevant retrieval experience in at least one of RAG, lexical search, vector search, or recommendation systems.
- Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
- Preferred qualifications include experience building or using LLM evaluation frameworks and implementing hybrid search architectures.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills in English.
Benefits
- Virtual-first work environment with flexible working hours and access to Bloomreach hubs across three continents.
- Five paid days off for volunteering, subject to employment type.
- Annual $1,500 professional education budget for books, courses, certifications, and other education products.
- Employee Assistance Program, Calm subscription, sports, yoga, and meditation opportunities.
- Quarterly additional DisConnect day off and extended parental leave of up to 26 calendar weeks for primary caregivers.
- Restricted stock units or stock options, company performance bonus, employee referral bonus of up to $3,000, and work-anniversary rewards, subject to role, seniority, location, and employment type.
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About Bloomreach
Bloomreach builds an AI-driven personalization platform for e‑commerce, combining customer and product data to power marketing automation, on-site search/merchandising, and headless content. Delivered as SaaS with APIs, its products (Engagement, Discovery, and Content) are used by more than 1,400 global brands, including American Eagle, Sonepar, and Pandora. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company is privately held.