Machine Learning Engineer I

About this role

Handshake seeks an ML Engineer to build personalization and matching systems serving millions of job seekers and employers. You'll own machine learning projects end-to-end, from data pipeline to production deployment, leveraging cutting-edge techniques like embeddings and graph neural networks.

What you'll do

• Develop and iterate on ML models for user personalization, discovery, and job matching
• Own the full ML lifecycle including data preparation, model training, experimentation, and deployment
• Collaborate with senior engineers, data scientists, and product managers on feature development
• Contribute to responsible AI practices including explainability and fairness
• Work with large-scale datasets (billions of data points) across retrieval and ranking systems
• Partner cross-functionally with product and analytics teams to drive business metrics

What they're looking for

• Python programming
• Machine learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn)
• ML fundamentals (classification, regression, ranking, model evaluation)
• Recommendations and personalization systems
• Deep learning and NLP
• ML lifecycle management (experiment tracking, monitoring, feature pipelines)
• Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
• Cross-functional communication skills

Benefits

• Equity ownership in fast-growing company
• 401(k) match
• Competitive compensation
• Financial coaching
• Mentorship from experienced ML practitioners
• Work on products impacting millions globally