Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and refine machine learning models and systems based on LLM that facilitate essential decisions in areas such as fraud detection, compliance, growth, and operations.

• Work with complex, real-world data to pinpoint signals, create features, and consistently enhance model performance.

• Balance practical considerations among model performance, interpretability, and operational costs.

• Collaborate closely with product and operations teams to identify and address issues that significantly affect the experience of hundreds of thousands of clients.

• Contribute to backend systems and data pipelines that enable model training and inference (while not primarily focusing on infrastructure).

• Write high-quality, thoroughly tested code and engage in code reviews.

• Assume long-term ownership of vital systems as River expands.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 4 years of experience in developing and implementing machine learning models in practical environments, or equivalent research experience.

• Strong understanding of ML concepts and their practical applications, including tradeoffs.

• Experience addressing challenges related to noisy, imbalanced, or real-world data.

• Demonstrated ownership of systems and comfort in resolving ambiguous problems.

• Excellent judgment regarding correctness, reliability, and operational risk.

• Ability to bridge the gap between technical systems and business/product requirements.

• Enthusiasm for the innovative work being done at River.

🏝️ Benefits

• Significant equity stock options.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits.

• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Parental Leave policy that is distinct from the standard PTO policy.

• 401k plan.