ML Engineering Lead

Saris AI

$150K — $200K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in ML/AI engineering, with leadership roles
  • Proven end-to-end leadership in ML initiatives
  • Expertise in LLMs and agentic systems, particularly for customer applications
  • Strong grasp of deep learning, transformers, and model evaluation
  • Experience in scaling production ML systems focusing on reliability
  • Ability to lead engineers and influence architecture decisions
  • Adaptable in early-stage environments, requiring high ownership
  • Excellent communication skills for simplifying complex ML topics

Responsibilities

  • Lead the entire ML/AI function, setting strategic direction
  • Architect the development of advanced AI systems for real-world applications
  • Define evaluation standards and metrics for ongoing agent quality enhancement
  • Drive the implementation of reliable and scalable ML systems
  • Build and mentor a high-performing ML engineering team
  • Establish best practices for modeling, experimentation, and deployment

Benefits

  • Opportunity to set technical standards company-wide
  • Influence the architecture of innovative AI solutions
  • Mentorship opportunities to build future ML talent
  • Work in a dynamic, early-stage environment with high ownership
  • Engage in projects with real-world impact beyond model performance
Full Job Description
Your mission is to
  • Own and lead the ML/AI function end-to-end, setting technical direction and standards across the company
  • Architect and guide the development of multi-modal, agentic AI systems powering real-world workflows
  • Define and oversee evaluation frameworks, datasets, and performance metrics to continuously improve agent quality
  • Drive productionization of ML systems, ensuring reliability, scalability, and compliance in real-world environments
  • Build and mentor a high-performing ML team over time, setting best practices across modeling, experimentation, and deployment
Who You Are
  • 8+ years of experience in ML/AI engineering, including time as a technical lead or manager
  • Proven track record of leading ML initiatives end-to-end, from problem definition 1 production deployment
  • Deep experience with LLMs and/or agentic systems, ideally in real-world, customer-facing applications
  • Strong understanding of ML fundamentals (deep learning, transformers, model evaluation, tradeoffs)
  • Experience scaling ML systems in production, including monitoring, iteration, and reliability
  • Demonstrated ability to lead engineers, influence architecture decisions, and drive technical direction
  • Comfortable operating in early-stage, ambiguous environments with high ownership
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex ML concepts into clear decisions


Bonus Points If You
  • Have experience building agentic systems, orchestration layers, or long-context reasoning systems
  • Are comfortable across the stack (data 1 modeling 1 infra 1 APIs)
  • Have worked with both open-source and closed LLMs, including fine-tuning or retrieval systems (RAG)
  • Have a strong product mindset and care deeply about real-world impact, not just model performance


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