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Lead Machine Learning Engineer / Applied Scientist

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about 5 hours ago
Toronto, CanadaMid Level / Senior / Staff+
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Base Salary

$179k - $303k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and advance reinforcement learning systems for reasoning and planning.
  • Build scalable retrieval and decisioning architectures using structured and unstructured data.
  • Lead efforts to transition ML and RL models from research to production systems.
  • Collaborate with engineering, research, and Trust & Safety teams to enhance system explainability and risk mitigation.
  • Evaluate and apply emerging techniques in reinforcement learning and LLM-enabled systems.
  • Mentor engineers and scientists through technical leadership and code reviews.
  • Deliver high-impact outcomes aligned with organizational goals.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in designing, training, and deploying reinforcement learning systems.
  • Strong expertise in machine learning systems utilizing vector and graph databases.
  • Track record of leading complex initiatives across research and engineering.
  • Experience with AI tools and iterative strategies for model development.
  • Passion for building intelligent agent systems that integrate RL and LLMs.

Categories

AI & MLData Science