Substack is hiring a
Software Engineer, Machine Learning in United States

Summary

As an ML Engineer at Substack, you will lead ML adoption, collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify machine learning opportunities, develop and deploy ML models using Python and popular frameworks, optimize and fine-tune models for performance, design data pipelines, and integrate ML models into main apps. The role offers a market-competitive salary, equity, and exceptional benefits.

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant experience with data and ML systems
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with Python libraries commonly used in machine learning (e.g. Transformers and Tensorflow)
• Solid understanding of machine learning algorithms, deep learning, and statistical modeling
• Independent and autonomous
• Enjoy collaboration with a diverse group of stakeholders while bringing your own unique experience and background to the team

Responsibilities

• Lead Substack’s thinking about ML adoption and integration of ML tools and techniques
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and define machine learning opportunities that align with our product roadmap
• Develop, train, and deploy machine learning models using Python and popular ML frameworks
• Integrate machine learning models and pipelines into our main JavaScript / TypeScript apps
• Optimize and fine-tune ML models for performance, scalability, and efficiency
• Design and implement data pipelines for data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model training
• Deploy and own integrated product experiences and internal tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in Node.js and JavaScript for seamless integration of machine learning models into our codebase
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS or Modal)

Benefits

• Market-competitive salary
• Equity for all full-time roles