Cerberus Capital Management

Digital Product Engineer - Machine Learning & AI

Cerberus Capital Management$100K — $130K *
Lisle, IL 60532In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with at least 9 years of IT experience or Master's degree with at least 5 years, or at least 12 years of IT experience
  • Minimum 2 years of lead experience in IT roles
  • 2-3 years of experience in building and deploying ML systems in cloud environments
  • 1-2 years of MLOps experience, particularly with DevOps-CI/CD for ML workflows
  • 2-3+ years of delivering technical solutions in product-led teams using Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Build, deploy, and maintain production ML systems from training to monitoring
  • Partner with data scientists to turn ML models into operational solutions
  • Take a hands-on role to build prototypes and production systems
  • Define and implement ML Ops best practices, including CI/CD and monitoring
  • Deploy models as scalable solutions, integrating with APIs and services
  • Monitor model performance and drive strategies for improvement
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate insights into product features

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package designed to support employee wellbeing
  • Hybrid work flexibility between in-office and remote
  • Focus on a collaborative team culture valuing curiosity and continuous learning
Full Job Description
Position Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Product Engineer - Machine Learning / AI. This role sits at the intersection of Product, Design, and hands-on ML/ AI engineering, and is responsible for design, development, deployment and operation of production-grade ML systems at scale. This role focuses on bridging the gap between data science and at-scale, production ready solutions - turning data and models into reliable, observable, and secure products.

In this role you will work following a product-led approach, including close collaboration with product owner, data scientists, software engineers, and other cross-functional team members/ stakeholders to operationalize machine learning solutions end-to-end, with a strong emphasis on MLOps, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and product engineering excellence.

We are looking for someone with a strong sense of ownership, curiosity, and a solution-orientated mindset of "we may not have done this before-let's figure it out and learn quickly."

This position will be based in Lisle, Illinois with hybrid in-office and remote work flexibility.

Responsibilities

ML Product Engineer
  • Build, deploy and maintain production ML systems and solutions end-to-end (training > deployment > monitoring).
  • Partner with data scientists to operationalize models for real-world use
  • Take a hands-on role in building and iterating solutions, turning ideas into working prototypes and production capabilities.

ML Ops & Reliability
  • Define and Implement ML Ops best practices, including DevOps and CI/CD, versioning and monitoring / telemetry.
  • Deploy models as scalable, reliable solutions - part of APIs, headless services, APIs, or embedded capabilities.
  • Monitor model performance, data quality, and drive retaining strategies.

Product Collaboration
  • Partner with engineering, architecture, UX, and data science teams to translate models and insights into usable, scalable product experiences.
  • Help contribute to the product goals and vision, roadmap, and delivery plan for ML/AI-driven capabilities by identifying key problems, decisions to improve, required data, and expected business outcomes.
  • Work in multi-disciplined product teams and with cross-functional stakeholders (internally and externally as needed).
  • Actively support delivery by clarifying requirements, making trade-offs, and unblocking progress across stakeholders.
  • Contribute to a team culture that values curiosity, collaboration, pragmatism, and continuous learning.

Responsible AI and Trust
  • Ensure solutions meet standards for security, reliability and maintainability
  • Ensure AI capabilities are practical, trusted, and responsibly deployed through appropriate guardrails, transparency, and human-in-the-loop design.


Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree and at least 9 years of Information Technology or IT architecture experience
  • At least 2 years of lead experience

OR
  • Master's degree and at least 5 years of Information Technology or IT architecture experience
  • At least 2 years of lead experience

OR
  • At least 12 years of Information Technology or IT architecture experience
  • At least 2 years of lead experience


Additional Requirements

  • 2-3 Years experience building and deploying ML systems using cloud infrastructure, especially in product-led, transformation environments (e.g. Azure ML, Compute, AKS, Azure Storage, Databricks, Key Vault, Palantir, etc.)
  • 1-2 years of MLOps Experience, including DevOps-CI/CD for ML workflows, model and experiment versioning, monitoring models, performance and drift
  • 2-3+ years of progressively responsibility delivering technical solutions in Product-led teams, or similar role using an Agile/ Scrum environment. Comfort with modern product practices, including MVP definition, experimentation, metrics, feedback loops, and iterative delivery.


  • Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)


Desired Skills

  • Bring a passion for working to understand needs and challenges with a customer-centric mindset. Have prior experience and skills in gathering and analyzing Voice of Customer, rapid innovation and design-thinking.
  • Demonstrate initiative, with the ability to work independently when needed, and pragmatic problem-solving abilities. Experience following a strong analytic approach to evaluate complex choices, identify issues, and propose effective solutions and decisions.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interacting with users, vendors, and other IT professionals. Ability to translate complex technical topics into easy-to-understand information with a strong attention to detail.
  • Production-grade Python and ML engineering experience
  • Working knowledge of common data engineering, ML /AI platforms and software solutions, including ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot, Databricks, Palantir AI-Foundry, LangChain or similar LLM orchestration frameworks, and Kubernetes and/or similar container technologies
  • Experience deploying ML models as scalable APIs or Services


Benefits and Compensation

This position offers competitive market-based compensation, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employee wellbeing. You can learn more about the benefits offered for this position by visiting https://careers.international.com/#benefits.

The expected salary offered for this position will fall within the stated range, with the final offer based on the candidates' applicable skills, knowledge, and experience.

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About Cerberus Capital Management

Cerberus Capital Management is a private equity firm that specializes in distressed investing. The firm was founded in 1992 by Steve Feinberg and William L. Richter. Cerberus has invested in a variety of industries, including automotive, healthcare, real estate, and retail. The firm is known for its aggressive approach to investing and has been involved in several high-profile deals, including the acquisition of Chrysler in 2007.
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