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Machine Learning Engineer

Full Time Β· In Office Β· New York, New York (USA)

Posted Aug 31, 2026

πŸš€ Hiring: Senior Machine Learning Engineer - LLMs & Agentic AI - $175K - $300K Salary

We’re working with an exciting AI company building the next generation of intelligent, agentic AI systems, and we’re looking for a strong Machine Learning Engineer to join the team.

This is a highly technical role for someone who wants to work directly on LLMs, model post-training, evaluation and agentic systems - with the opportunity to have a significant impact on how these models perform in real-world applications.

🧠 What you’ll be working on

  • β€’ Developing and improving large language models and AI systems
  • β€’ Model post-training, fine-tuning and evaluation
  • β€’ Building robust evaluation frameworks and methodologies
  • β€’ Working on agentic AI systems and improving their reliability and capabilities
  • β€’ Designing data and training pipelines to improve model performance
  • β€’ Experimenting with new approaches to model behaviour, reasoning and performance
  • β€’ Collaborating closely with research and engineering teams to take ideas from experimentation into production

πŸ”Ž What we’re looking for

  • β€’ Strong experience in Machine Learning / AI Engineering
  • β€’ Hands-on experience working with LLMs / foundation models
  • β€’ Experience with model training, fine-tuning or post-training
  • β€’ Strong understanding of model evaluation and experimentation
  • β€’ Experience building or working with AI agents / agentic systems is highly desirable
  • β€’ Excellent Python skills
  • β€’ Strong software engineering and systems fundamentals
  • β€’ Ability to work in a fast-moving, highly technical environment

We’re particularly interested in engineers coming from frontier AI labs, high-growth AI companies or teams working deeply on LLMs and agents.

  • 🌟 Why join?
  • πŸ’‘ Work on genuinely cutting-edge AI problems
  • πŸ€– Direct exposure to LLMs and agentic systems
  • πŸ§ͺ Significant scope for experimentation and technical ownership
  • πŸš€ High-impact role within a fast-growing AI company
  • πŸ’° Highly competitive compensation + excellent benefits
  • πŸ“ˆ Strong opportunity for career growth and technical leadership
  • πŸ“ Location: New York / US
  • πŸ’Ό Level: Senior Machine Learning Engineer
  • πŸ’΅ Salary: $175K - $300K + Equity

If you're an ML engineer working deeply on LLMs, agents, post-training or evaluation and are interested in hearing more, Apply today or dm me.

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