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Shepherd

Founding Machine Learning Engineer

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3 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level / Senior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$180k - $220k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and ship ML systems for autonomous underwriting decisions.
  • Develop feedback loops to improve model performance based on human underwriter behavior.
  • Create confidence scoring and evaluation frameworks for system autonomy.
  • Utilize large language models to enhance underwriting workflows.
  • Collaborate with underwriters to extract domain knowledge and validate outputs.
  • Contribute to the monitoring and safety infrastructure for AI underwriting.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in building and deploying ML systems end-to-end.
  • Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow.
  • Experience with fine-tuning SLMs/LLMs and techniques like RLHF or DPO.
  • Ability to build reliable models with limited labeled data.
  • Strong evaluation instincts to define success metrics before building.
  • Excellent collaboration skills to work with non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

  • 100% contribution to top-tier health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Fertility benefits and family building support.
  • Unlimited PTO for flexibility and recharge.
  • Daily meals provided for team bonding.
  • Access to premium professional development coaching.
  • Dog-friendly office environment.

Categories

AI & MLData Science