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Senior Machine Learning Engineer


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 125000 - 155000
Posted: 17 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 15 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description:
About the Team:

Our Technology team drives the evolution of our Technology Engineering Data Product and User Experience functions. With a keen focus on delivering cutting-edge solutions we shape the digital landscape for our customers readers and users. From revolutionizing visuals to optimizing tools and harnessing the power of data mobile video and social platforms our team is committed to providing a seamless and immersive experience across all touchpoints. Collaborating closely with our newsrooms and strategic partners we spearhead the development of groundbreaking products and technologies.

About the Role:

As Senior Machine Learning Engineer in the AI & ML foundations team you will design and build the core systems behind our LLM applications: the orchestration layer the reusable tooling and the evaluation harness that keeps it trustworthy in this role you will not be applying AI research or model training - but to real problems in production. You will report to the Director Data Science & Insights.

You Will:
  • Design and build the orchestration prompting and workflow layers behind production AI features

  • Create composable tools and integrations including retrieval and MCP servers and clients

  • Build evaluators dashboards and alerts that track accuracy latency cost and hallucination

  • Harden the platform for production scale: caching reliability incidents and model rollbacks

  • Set the technical bar through architecture decisions design reviews and mentoring

You Have:
  • At least 2 years experience in software/ML engineering - which includes at least 1 years experience building LLM systems in production

  • Expert Python hands on with LLM APIs and cloud platforms (AWS Snowflake Vertex)

  • Deep experience orchestrating multistep LLM workflows as execution graphs (e.g. LangChain/LangGraph).

  • Experience building agent harnesses: memory compression skill disclosure and tool design

  • Strong prompt engineering: tuning versioning and evaluation of prompts and model configs

  • A proven track record in AI evaluation observability and retrieval over enterprise data

  • Ability to explain complex AI concepts and tradeoffs clearly to nontechnical stakeholders

  • Fluency with agentic coding tools (e.g. Claude Code) and their architecture patterns (a strong plus)

Our Benefits
  • Comprehensive Healthcare Plans

  • Paid Time Off

  • Retirement Plans

  • Comprehensive Insurance Plans

  • Lifestyle Programs & Wellness Resources

  • Education Benefits

  • Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support

  • Commuter Transit Program

  • Subscription Discounts

  • Employee Referral Program

  • Financial Health Programs

  • Cybersecurity Protection

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - Technology

Job Category:

Software Product Engineering

Union Status:

Union role

Base Pay Range: $125000 - $155000

Were committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidates experience skills location and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles targets are determined based on multiple considerations including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health retirement wellbeing and more along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.


Required Experience:

Senior IC


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