Machine Learning Engineer

*** Please note that this position is HYBRID, requiring this person to work onsite at our Cottonwood Heights corporate office in Salt Lake City, UT three days a week ***

Job Summary
Responsible to build and deploy advanced analytics systems into production. Responsible for maintaining the environments and software for ongoing maintenance of these systems. Familiar with database structures, statistical modelling, software engineering best practices, and the latest developments in generative AI.

Duties & Responsibilities
• Builds and deploys scalable analytical systems.
• Develops data science proof-of-concept models into production-ready applications. Follows industry standard principles on software development.
• Builds data science applications related to text-based search, and audio & video recordings.
• Uses statistical modeling or A/B testing approaches to evaluate algorithmic improvements to model.
• Executes on technical roadmap for data science products.
• Performs systems analysis, interprets the findings from it and explains the finding to business audience to improve products such as revenue management system, and paid search bidding system.
• Documents assigned aspects of projects including business objectives, data gathering and processing, leading approaches, final algorithm, detailed set of results and analytical metrics.
• Develop and optimize prompts for large language models (LLMs), evaluate and fine-tune AI models to achieve desired outcomes for specific business applications.
• Collaborate with various teams to integrate and test data science and AI applications.

Qualifications
• A Master’s Degree in computer science, data science, mathematics, statistics, finance, economics, or other engineering
• Requires 3+ years' experience in deploying advanced analytics solutions to drive business outcomes.

Competencies
• Proven analytical skills with data driven decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage large data sets, develop data pipelines.
• SQL programming skills. Python or R programming skills.
• Knowledge of vector databases, embedding models, LLM endpoints.
• Team player with excellent collaboration skills.
• Highly motivated and high level of energy and enthusiasm.
• Prior experience with cloud technologies will be a plus.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements
Performs sedentary work in an office environment with limited lifting (less than 10 pounds) or walking required. Close visual acuity required to perform work at computer terminal. No exposure to adverse environmental conditions. Requires repetitive typing motion, talking, hearing, grasping and feeling.

Disclaimer
The job description outlines the general nature and scope of work employees perform in this role. It's not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications required for the position. The company reserves the right to modify, revise, or update the job description to meet business needs.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Applications Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.