Senior Machine Learning Engineer
About the company
Hiire is supporting the search for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer.
This is an opportunity to join an early-stage, product-driven company where AI sits at the core of the platform. You’ll work closely with the founding team and play a key role in shaping the architecture, direction, and evolution of the company’s machine learning capabilities from the ground up.
Your tasks
As part of a fast-moving startup environment, you’ll have significant ownership, contribute to technical decision-making, and help define engineering and AI best practices as the platform continues to scale.
- Designing and developing AI/ML capabilities that power core platform functionality
- Building and deploying machine learning systems end-to-end, from experimentation to production
- Working on problems related to:
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Intelligent document processing
- Semantic search and matching
- Information extraction and classification
- Web data parsing and enrichment
- Experimenting with modern AI techniques, LLMs, and agent-based workflows to improve product capabilities
- Training, evaluating, and optimizing models with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability
- Collaborating closely with engineers, product stakeholders, and founders to iterate quickly and deliver impactful solutions
- Contributing to AI development standards, tooling, testing practices, and internal processes
- Helping balance innovation with pragmatic engineering decisions in a fast-paced environment
Requirements
The team is looking for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, experimenting with modern AI approaches, and building scalable, production-ready systems that deliver real value to users.
- 3+ years of experience working as a Machine Learning Engineer or AI Engineer in product-focused environments
- Strong Python development experience in production systems
- Hands-on experience building AI-driven solutions using:
- LLMs
- Prompt engineering
- Fine-tuning techniques
- Conversational AI
- Multi-agent systems/frameworks
- Solid understanding of modern machine learning and NLP concepts
- Experience deploying and maintaining ML systems in production environments
- Strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to work independently and take ownership
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-changing startup environments
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related field
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
What we offer
- High ownership and direct impact on product and technical direction
- Opportunity to shape the AI architecture and engineering culture early on
- Work alongside experienced founders and high-performing engineers
- Fast iteration cycles and exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies
- Product-centric environment where engineering work directly influences user value
- Strong focus on innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement
- Salary Range: 70k - 90k