Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Summary

Join Handshake as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer and contribute to innovative AI-powered solutions guiding students toward meaningful careers. You will develop, deploy, and enhance machine learning systems focused on lifecycle optimization, personalized notifications, and monetization strategies. Leveraging cutting-edge ML infrastructure, you'll drive critical marketplace metrics, enhance user engagement, and contribute to responsible AI practices. As a technical leader, you will drive technical solutions, elevate engineering practices, collaborate across teams, and mentor colleagues. You will also develop and optimize machine learning models and systems that directly influence user experience. Partnering with product managers, data scientists, and engineers, you will design, execute, and iterate on ML-driven user experiences and experiments.

Requirements

3+ years of industry experience building and deploying production ML systems

Responsibilities

• Drive technical solutions, elevate engineering practices, collaborate across teams, and mentor colleagues to deliver impactful ML-driven products
• Develop and optimize machine learning models and systems that directly influence user experience across lifecycle, notifications, and monetization
• Partner closely with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to design, execute, and iterate on ML-driven user experiences and experiments, providing key insights to inform strategic product decisions

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and optimizing web-scale ML systems
• Experience with ML lifecycle management, personalization systems, notification optimization, and/or monetization-driven algorithms
• Background in one or more ML areas: recommendations, personalization, NLP, deep learning, LLM integration, or explainable AI
• Familiarity building scalable ML applications using cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Benefits

• Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company
• 16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth giving parents
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance, Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support
• Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000/£1,500/€1,850 stipend for you to grow your skills and career
• Financial coaching through Origin to help you through your financial journey
• Monthly internet stipend and a brand new MacBook to allow you to do your best work
• Monthly commuter stipend for you to expense your travel to the office (for office-based employees)
• Free lunch provided 3x a week across all offices
• Referral bonus to reward you when you bring great talent to Handshake
• 401k Match: Handshake offers a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year
• All full-time US-based Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. In addition, we offer 13 standardized holidays, and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off. Lastly, we have a Winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off
• Handshake offers $500 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home
• Family support: Parental leave coaching and support provided by Parentaly. We partner with Maven Clinic to provide a lifetime coverage up to $15K for expenses related to fertility and family forming!
• Lifestyle Savings Account: We offer you an annual stipend of $500 to use for purchases such as fitness classes, gym memberships, work-from-home setup , and more
• Pension Scheme: Handshake will provide you with a workplace pension, where you will make contributions based on 5% of your salary. Handshake will pay the equivalent of 3% towards your pension plan, subject to qualifying earnings limits
• Up to 25 days of vacation to encourage people to reset, recharge, and refresh, in addition to 8 bank holidays throughout the year
• Regular offsites each year to bring the team together + opportunity to travel to our HQ in San Francisco
• Discounts across various high street retailers, cinemas and other social activities exclusively for Handshake UK employees
• 25 days of annual leave + 5 days of a winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off across the company
• Regular offsites each year to bring the team together + opportunity to travel to our HQ in San Francisco once a year
• Urban sports club membership offering access to a diverse network of fitness and wellness facilities
• Discounts across various high street retailers, cinemas and other social activities exclusively for Handshake Germany employees