Senior Manager, Machine Learning Engineering

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Join GoFundMe as our next Senior Manager Machine Learning Engineering in the Applied Science organization where you will lead a talented and motivated team to deliver high-impact solutions for our users and our this role you will design build and deploy innovative services and applications that leverage state-of-the-art machine learning and AI techniques from generative AI personalization and recommender systems search and retrieval systems taxonomy and classification systems and more. This role requires strong leadership and end-to-end execution at both strategic and tactical levels supported by broad and deep expertise in machine learning AI and secure software development.

This is a hybrid position. Candidates considered for this role will be located in Buenos Aires Argentina.

The Job

• Build and manage a world-class team of engineers and scientists who specialize in the design and development of production applications that use machine learning and/or AI.
• Translate product and business needs into scalable ML solutions with clear and measurable outcomes.
• Look around the corner; identify opportunities to develop and deliver new technology that will delight customers and advocate for these projects.
• Provide technical leadership on algorithms architectures and tooling; set high standards evangelize best practices and influence decisions.
• Drive the end-to-end ML lifecycle including data pipelines feature engineering training evaluation A/B testing and experimentation and production deployment.
• Employ robust ML Ops practices: CI/CD model serving monitoring alerting and model/version governance.
• Lead initiatives to streamline application development workflows increase team velocity and maximize business impact.
• Contribute to strategic planning and the development of the Applied Science roadmap.
• Coach and mentor engineers and scientists fostering a culture of collaboration continuous improvement and engineering excellence within the team.
• Champion responsible AI privacy and compliance in data use modeling and user experiences.

You

• Have 9 years of hands-on experience in machine learning engineering AI development software engineering or related fields emphasizing secure large-scale distributed system design and AI/ML pipeline and feature development.
• Have 3 years of experience managing teams of machine learning engineers data scientists data engineers software engineers and related roles.
• Possess extensive experience designing developing and operating scalable backend systems and applying secure software engineering best practices.
• Have deep expertise developing search and retrieval systems personalization and recommender systems ontologies and classification systems and AI agents.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of relational and document-based databases data storage paradigms and efficient RESTful API design.
• Possess experience employing robust CI/CD pipelines automated testing (unit and integration) automated model performance evaluation and deployment practices.
• Exhibit strong leadership skills including effective planning and management of complex projects mentoring of team members and fostering a collaborative high-performing engineering culture.
• Have a track record of innovation cross-functional collaboration and hiring top-tier talent.
• Are an excellent communicator able to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Have a Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related technical field (preferred).
• Are proficient in Python and provisioning cloud-based infrastructure via code (AWS preferred).
• Sense of humor is optional but appreciated.

Why youll love it here

• Make an Impact: Be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive difference in millions of lives every year.
• Innovative Environment: Work with a diverse passionate and talented team in a fast-paced forward-thinking atmosphere.
• Collaborative Team: Join a fun and collaborative team that works hard and celebrates success together.
• Competitive Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• Holistic Support: Enjoy financial assistance for things like hybrid work family planning along with generous parental leave flexible time-off policies and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being.
• Growth Opportunities: Participate in learning development and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow.
• Commitment to DEI: Contribute to diversity equity and inclusion through ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups.
• Community Engagement: Make a difference through our volunteering program.

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