Propel, Inc is hiring a
Senior Machine Learning Engineer in United States

Summary

At Propel, a financial tools company for low-income Americans backed by Andreessen Horowitz and others, you'll work as a Machine Learning Engineer driving impact, collaborating with a humble and smart team, and contributing to meaningful projects. The role involves building software systems used by millions of users, improving machine learning infrastructure, and continually sourcing new innovations in the field. Propel offers a remote-first work environment, competitive salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities for technical growth.

Requirements

• Deep experience designing, building, shipping, and maintaining complex full-stack software
• Experience with a startup environment or the ability to operate effectively when faced with ambiguity
• Deep knowledge and experience with machine learning algorithms and libraries
• Deep experience with building and improving recommender systems
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences and topics
• Eagerness to learn new techniques, strong prioritization skills, the ability to quickly run an experiment with newly implemented models, and the ability to scale up use of that model to a large production environment
• Fluency in Python or a willingness to learn and specialize in this language
• Passion for making a difference in the lives of our users

Responsibilities

• Build software systems used by millions of low-income Americans, helping to put dollars back in their pockets
• Lead Propel in building machine learning infrastructure that all teams can take advantage of
• Continually improve how ad content is matched to users, how customer ad budget is spent, and how to distribute ad impressions
• Continually source new machine learning and recommender system innovations from industry, academia, etc
• Create software that is reliable, testable, scalable, and maintainable
• Effectively communicate with team members during projects, code review, etc
• Contribute to building our eng culture and processes as we continue to scale
• Collaborate on deciding on the right projects, building great solutions, and helping your team succeed

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with or knowledge of government services, particularly safety net services like SNAP, WIC, TANF, SSI, SSDI, Medicaid, Section 8
• Experience working on advertising platforms

Benefits

• An engineering culture that is humble, motivated, and collaborative
• Consistent knowledge sharing through projects or bugs demos, Lunch & Learn presentations, and documentation
• A people-first approach to management where we value engineers’ voices, support career development, and offer opportunities for technical growth that interest you
• Meaningful work and a strong shared sense of mission
• A remote first work environment with a dog-friendly office in Downtown Brooklyn and satellite offices in San Francisco and Salt Lake City. The team meets in-person for optional retreats and on-sites
• 20 Days of PTO
• 4% 401K match
• $10k lifetime spend towards Carrot Fertility
• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision options
• Free access to Ginger mental health, Gympass, Headspace, One Medical, Rightway, Sofi, and Spring Health