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Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Years from now, history will look back at this moment as a landmark for the human race—the moment when generative artificial intelligence began to change everything. Luckily, you happen to be living through it. Now what?
If you’re one of those rare people driven to add their intellectual energy to the relentless momentum of technological advancement, consider Loka your optimal leverage point.
Loka, a globally distributed tech consultancy based in Silicon Valley, is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our growing team. In this position you will serve as the primary specialist in designing and implementing machine learning solutions across multiple projects. Your expertise in ML algorithms and ML, DL and Foundation Models will empower us to develop robust, scalable systems and improve them over time. Ultimately we expect you to not just fit in with our ML crew but to elevate it to new heights.
Our technical teams help clients launch innovations that fix the climate, defeat cancer, improve agricultural efficiencies, teach kids to read and more. We work with all kinds of companies, from Silicon Valley startups to major household brands, always guided by our fundamental belief that mission matters.
We count more than 100 certified specialists, technical experts and PhDs among our teammates—committed Lokals who contribute to their brilliance not only to serving our clients but to mentoring junior colleagues as well. We work entirely remotely, test new ideas with an in-house incubator called LokaLabs, observe local holidays and take every other Friday off (really). We’re as proud of our culture as we are of our projects. You will be too.
The Role
Take full responsibility for assigned tasks and projects, ensuring accountability for outcomes and results.
Understand business objectives and develop models that help achieve them, along with metrics to track progress.
Design and implement complex ML systems using classical machine learning, deep learning and foundation models, adhering to best practices.
Lead client communications by gathering requirements, managing expectations and communicating deliverables effectively.
Wrangle, explore and visualize data with a keen eye for issues requiring data cleaning, as well as differences in data distribution that may affect post-deployment performance.
Analyze model errors and design strategies to overcome them.
Deploy, maintain and upgrade ML models and pipelines.
Follow Loka’s career track for growth by demonstrating technical excellence, innovation, autonomy, ownership, communication and teamwork.
Drive architectural decisions and contribute to high-level planning and strategy.
Direct report to ML leads.
Stay updated with industry trends to incorporate cutting-edge techniques and tools into projects.
Write and maintain technical documentation.
Provide guidance and mentorship to junior ML engineers within the team.
Collaborate cross-functionally with other teams (Data Engineering, DevOps, Backend) to ensure seamless integration of ML solutions.
Continuously optimize models for performance, scalability and cost-effectiveness, especially within the AWS environment.
Required Hard Skills
4+ years of ML engineering experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related
Experience with Python, ML libraries and AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, HuggingFace, TensorFlow, etc.)
Experience building GenAI solutions using LLMs, including frameworks like LangChain and LlamaIndex, prompt engineering, fine-tuning and serving models, and implementing common patterns like RAG and NLQ
Client-facing experience
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools
Additional Requirements
Excellent English - Being a global team, we work entirely in English for meetings, customer calls and business communications
CV sent in English
Not Required but Nice to Have
Experience with MLOps, preferably in AWS (e.g: Sagemaker), as well as standards tools (e.g. MLFlow)
Experience in consultancy environments or startups, including working directly with clients, managing projects and adapting to different settings. - Plus
Required Soft Skills
Curiosity: Strive to learn and grow into different industries with a modern tech stack.
Autonomy and positivity: We’re a fully remote, globally distributed team.
Teamwork: Enjoy a collaborative approach.
Adaptability: Operate with a startup mindset and move at a startup pace.
Benefits
Every other Friday off (26 extra days off a year)
Remote and flexible
Explore and Relocation programs (three months work abroad or full international relo)
Paid sick days and local holidays
Access to LokaLabs™, our internal research and development program
Mental wellness programs
Defined career path
Business English classes
Continuous Learning Support
Your achievements matter to us! Ensure your CV and LinkedIn and GitHub profiles are up to date and accurately reflect your experience.
Machine Learning Engineer
Our Machine Learning teams build with the latest tools and launch for Silicon Valley startups and Life Science giants alike.
Join our team to work remotely, ship projects you’re proud be a part of, and enjoy every other Friday off (yes, we really take it 😎)
The Role
Understanding of statistical, ML and deep learning algorithms
Analyze errors of models and design strategies to overcome them
Deploy, maintain, and upgrade ML models and pipelines
Ambition to learn and grow into different industries with a modern tech stack
Autonomy, adaptability and positivity (fully remote and globally distributed team)
The Benefits
Every other Friday off (26 extra days off a year)
Remote and flexible
Explore and Relocation programs (three months work abroad or full international relo)
Paid sick days and local holidays
Access to LokaLabs™, our internal research and development program
Mental wellness programs
Defined career path
Business English classes
Continuous Learning Support
The Required Hard Skills
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related
2+ years of ML engineering experience
Experience with Python, ML libraries and AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, HuggingFace, TensorFlow, etc.)
Additional Requirements
Excellent English - Being a global team, we work entirely in English for meetings, customer calls and business communications
CV written in English
Bonus Points for Experience with…
Building GenAI solutions, namely prompt engineering (e.g: Langchain), fine-tuning and serving LLMs, search and embeddings, etc.
MLOps, favorably in AWS (e.g: Sagemaker) as well as standards tools (e.g: MLFlow)
Visualizing and manipulating big datasets
NLP
The Required Soft Skills
Curiosity—Ambition to learn and grow into different industries with a modern tech stack
Autonomy and positivity—We’re a fully remote, globally distributed team
Teamwork—Enjoy a collaborative approach
Adaptability—Operate with a startup mindset and move at a startup pace
Please submit your CV in English.
Senior DevOps Engineer
At Loka we use a modern tech stack to support meaningful projects across a huge range of industries. In the last year our teams have helped clients advance the world’s #1 GenAI reading tutor, eliminate $1B in food waste and develop novel drugs for fighting cancer, all while enjoying every other Friday off. Join us, feed your need to grow and ship projects you believe in with a team you’re proud to be a part of.
As Loka’s Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll be the go-to specialist for crafting and deploying infrastructure across a variety of projects. Your skills in AWS, TypeScript and Python will allow us to build solid, scalable systems and improve them over time. Ultimately we expect you to not only to fit in with the team but to elevate it to new heights.
The Role
Develop technical design specifications based on functional requirements and develop and maintain AWS Cloud applications.
Orchestrate containers with Kubernetes.
Automate operations, implement CI/CD pipelines.
Ensure security and compliance.
Assess change implementation options, benefits and risks and recommend the most appropriate approach with minimal assistance.
Required Hard Skills
4+ years as DevOps engineer
Serverless compute, scripting, AWS
Git, CI/CD tools, AWS CDK/Terraform/CDKTF
Docker, Kubernetes, database administration (plus)
Python, TypeScript
Bachelor's in Computer Science or related
Client interaction and team skills
Autonomy, adaptability and positivity
Additional Requirements
Excellent English - Being a global team, we work entirely in English for meetings, customer calls and business communications
CV written in English
Personality Profile
Curious: Ambition to learn and grow into different industries with a modern tech stack.
Autonomous and positive: We’re a fully remote, globally distributed team.
Team player: Enjoy a collaborative approach.
Adaptable: Operate with a startup mindset and move at a startup pace.
Benefits
Every other Friday off (26 extra days off a year)
Remote and flexible
Explore and Relocation programs (three months work abroad or full international relo)
Paid sick days and local holidays
Access to LokaLabs™, our internal research and development program
Mental wellness programs
Defined career path
Business English classes
Continuous Learning Support
Your achievements matter to us! Ensure your CV and LinkedIn and GitHub profiles are up to date and accurately reflect your experience.
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