Senior Machine Learning Engineer Jobs

Explore Senior Machine Learning Engineer opportunities at companies building intelligent products and data-driven systems. These experienced professionals design, develop, and deploy machine learning solutions, turning research and business needs into reliable applications. Ladders features vetted professional jobs paying $100,000 or more, helping you find roles aligned with your skills and career goals.

What Senior Machine Learning Engineers Do

Senior Machine Learning Engineers typically own substantial parts of the machine learning lifecycle, from defining problems and preparing data to training models, deploying services, and monitoring performance. They collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that are accurate, scalable, maintainable, and useful.

Common Skills and Qualifications

Employers often seek strong programming skills, especially in Python, along with experience in machine learning frameworks, statistical methods, and software engineering practices. Familiarity with cloud platforms, distributed computing, MLOps, model evaluation, and production deployment can be valuable. Senior roles may also call for technical leadership, mentoring, and the ability to explain complex findings to cross-functional teams.

Career Opportunities

Senior Machine Learning Engineers work across industries such as technology, finance, healthcare, retail, and logistics. Depending on the organization, the role may focus on generative AI, recommendation systems, search, computer vision, natural language processing, forecasting, or fraud detection. Experienced engineers can grow into staff or principal engineering roles, technical management, or specialized AI leadership positions.

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$150K - $180K *

Unlock potential by leading the development of innovative AI applications. Collaborate across teams to translate cutting-edge research into impactful products, driving business outcomes through genera...

5 days ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Healthcare

$150K - $180K *

Pioneer the development of innovative AI applications, leading cross-functional teams to translate advanced research into impactful products. Drive technical direction and optimize AI solutions for en...

5 days ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Healthcare

$150K - $180K *

Champion the development of innovative AI applications, driving technical direction and collaboration across teams to transform cutting-edge research into impactful products that enhance customer expe...

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  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Healthcare

$150K - $180K *

Champion the development of innovative AI applications, leading cross-functional teams to translate advanced research into impactful products. Drive the technical direction and ensure the successful d...

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  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Healthcare

$137K - $254K *

Champion the development of AI-driven systems, architecting innovative solutions that enhance legal services. Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver high-performing applications, ensuring quality a...

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  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Media

$137K - $254K *

Drive innovation in AI by architecting and implementing cutting-edge systems that enhance legal solutions. Collaborate across teams to deliver scalable, intelligent applications while ensuring quality...

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  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Media

$183K - $206K *

Transform AI observability by developing end-to-end capabilities, architecting data models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance user workflows and insights into agent performance...

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  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$147K - $210K *

Join a team that's at the forefront of AI innovation, tackling complex challenges in online safety and advertising technology. Collaborate across projects to enhance user protection and optimize campa...

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  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$172K - $283K *

Create transformative advanced machine learning models for personalized ad experiences, collaborating with cross-functional teams to innovate and drive impactful solutions that enhance user engagement...

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  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$172K - $283K *

Champion the evolution of AI-driven advertising by leading a team to enhance personalized ad experiences through cutting-edge machine learning techniques and collaboration across product and engineeri...

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  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$172K - $283K *

Lead the charge in developing cutting-edge ads recommendation algorithms, leveraging data and advanced machine learning techniques within a high-impact team to enhance user experience and drive busine...

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  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$110K - $130K *

Unlock your potential by leveraging your AI/ML expertise to deploy and optimize cutting-edge models in production environments, collaborating with teams to drive innovation and efficiency in machine l...

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  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$270K - $500K *

Help us build advanced machine learning systems by optimizing inference and scaling processes. Collaborate with a dynamic team to transform ambiguity into actionable solutions, leveraging cutting-edge...

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  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$125K - $145K *

Elevate revenue and risk strategies by leveraging data insights to drive impactful business decisions. Collaborate across teams to optimize processes, influence product development, and enhance client...

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  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$132K - $286K *

Engineer scalable AI/ML applications that drive business value. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform complex problems into effective solutions while ensuring high standards in architec...

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  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Retail & Consumer Goods

$132K - $286K *

Join a team that's pioneering advanced AI solutions, designing and deploying scalable ML applications that drive business value. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform complex challenges...

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  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Retail & Consumer Goods

$180K - $270K *

Unlock potential by redefining Finance operations through AI innovation. As a key leader, you'll shape architecture and standards, collaborating across teams to integrate AI solutions that enhance eff...

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  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$180K - $270K *

Champion AI-driven transformation in Finance Technology by designing innovative workflows and systems. Collaborate across teams to integrate AI solutions, ensuring compliance and operational excellenc...

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  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$130K - $155K *

Champion innovation by designing and deploying advanced AI agent systems that automate critical financial workflows, ensuring compliance and operational excellence while collaborating with cross-funct...

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  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$200K - $225K *

Drive the design and delivery of innovative AI-driven applications. Oversee the full development lifecycle, ensuring scalability and reliability in multi-tenant enterprise solutions while collaboratin...

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  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Business Services

$200K - $225K *

Engineer and own the design and delivery of innovative SaaS applications, driving improvement in enterprise workflows while leveraging AI tools and ensuring scalable, secure deployments across multi-t...

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  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Business Services

$175K - $225K *

Unlock potential by building and operating a cutting-edge data platform that drives trading analysis and decision-making. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data reliability and governa...

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  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$180K - $220K *

Champion innovative AI research in wearable technology, leading a team to define strategies and drive impactful projects that enhance human-computer interaction through advanced biosignal interpretati...

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  •   11 - 15 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$180K - $220K *

Lead innovative AI research initiatives focused on wearable technology, driving the scientific agenda and shaping next-gen capabilities through collaboration and mentorship within a high-performing te...

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  •   11 - 15 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$194K - $291K *

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  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Manufacturing & Automotive

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  • What does a Senior Machine Learning Engineer do?question toggle

    A Senior Machine Learning Engineer builds and operates machine learning systems, including preparing data, developing and evaluating models, deploying them into production, and monitoring their performance. They often guide technical decisions and collaborate with product, data, and engineering teams.

  • What qualifications are commonly required for Senior Machine Learning Engineer jobs?question toggle

    Requirements vary, but commonly include strong programming ability, machine learning and statistical knowledge, experience with production software, and familiarity with tools or frameworks used to train and deploy models. Senior positions may also require cloud, MLOps, system design, and mentorship experience.

  • What industries hire Senior Machine Learning Engineers?question toggle

    Technology, finance, healthcare, retail, logistics, and many other sectors hire Senior Machine Learning Engineers to develop applications such as recommendations, fraud detection, forecasting, language technologies, and computer vision.

  • How can I find Senior Machine Learning Engineer jobs paying $100,000 or more?question toggle

    Use Ladders to explore vetted professional openings with salaries of $100,000 or more. Review each listing's responsibilities, qualifications, and compensation details to find roles that fit your background and goals.