Role: Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Reports to: VP, AI Engineering
Location: Houston, TX; Boston, MA;
A quick snapshot...A Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Conga will design, develop, and deploy machine learning models and AI-powered features for production systems. You'll develop scalable ML infrastructure and services that handle high-volume workloads.
Why it's a big deal...As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will play a vital role in the technology stack. You'll build and optimize ML pipelines for training, evaluation, and inference. You will implement and fine-tune large language models (LLMs) for various use cases including document analysis, natural language processing, and intelligent automation.
Are you the person we're looking for? Related experience. At least 6 years of experience in building production-quality products. Ability to understand complex problems, decompose them into a set of testable hypotheses, implement bug-free experiments, analyze the results, and produce insights, solutions, and next steps from the analysis.
Technical expertise. - Proficiency with Python and basic libraries for machine learning (Python 3.x, jupyter notebook, regular expressions)
- Cloud technology platforms (AWS, Azure, etc)
- Experience with large language models (LLMs) and generative AI (GPT, Claude, LLaMA, or similar)
- Solid understanding of ML fundamentals: supervised/unsupervised learning, neural networks, deep learning, NLP, computer vision
Education: A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
Here's what will give you an edge... - Experience with prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems
- Knowledge of vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, ChromaDB, FAISS)
- Experience with document processing, OCR, or contract/legal document analysis
- Familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar LLM frameworks
- Experience with model optimization techniques (quantization, distillation, pruning)
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In the spirit of the Conga Way, we strive to design easy-to-understand compensation programs that are fair and free from any type of discrimination. In keeping with this approach, we are committed to delivering competitive compensation and benefits packages to our colleagues worldwide and communicating transparently about the structure of our compensation programs.
Listed below is the U.S. base salary range for this full-time position. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education, or training. In addition to base salary, Conganeers receive a variable incentive pay component, perks such as flexible work options, and a full range of benefits including medical and dental insurance.
The posted salary ranges are for the expectations outlined in the job description. We are often open to a wide variety of profiles and sometimes have flexibility within our organizational structure to adjust the role responsibilities up or down should we select a candidate that is less or more experienced than the posted job requirements. In these occasional cases, we will communicate the revised salary range to the candidate during the selection process.
U.S base salary range:
$133,540-$213,660 USD
Did we pique your interest? If this sounds like the kind of job you would love in the kind of environment where you would thrive, please click apply. We'd love to hear from you!
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Don't meet every requirement for the role? Studies have shown that women and members of ethnic minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Conga we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles.
