Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, (ML Fraud)

Affirm

3 months ago

Remote, United States

Senior / Staff+

H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$232k - $310k/yr

Responsibilities

Define and drive multi-year technical strategy for machine learning across Affirm.
Lead the design, implementation, and scaling of advanced ML systems.
Partner with ML Platform, product, engineering, and risk leadership to shape long-term modeling capabilities.
Provide broad technical leadership and mentor senior engineers.
Drive clarity on high-stakes technical decisions and resolve cross-team tensions.
Champion operational excellence and ensure robust testing and monitoring practices.

10+ years of experience in large-scale, real-time machine learning systems.
Experience leading end-to-end ML system design and using distributed frameworks.
Proficient in Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch and XGBoost.
Strong understanding of representation learning and embedding-based modeling.
Hands-on experience with large-scale distributed ML infrastructure.
Exceptional judgment, collaboration, and communication skills.
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.

100% subsidized medical coverage for you and your dependents.
Generous stipends for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses.
Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
Employee stock purchase plan at a discount.

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