Senior Machine Learning Engineer

COMPANY: Canoe Intelligence

WEBSITE: https://canoeintelligence.com/

TITLE: Senior Machine Learning Engineer

LOCATION: New York City (hybrid) or Fully Remote in the United States

SALARY: $140,000 - $210,000 dependent on level of the hire (based on NYC, will be adjusted for geo)

The Role:

We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to dive into a hyper growth startup developing models that improve our data processing pipeline and help us deliver new features to the market with unprecedented speed and accuracy.

What You’ll Do:

• NLP Algorithm Development: Lead the design and implementation of state-of-the-art NLP algorithms, with a focus on information extraction, entity resolution, and entity disambiguation.
• Model Training and Optimization: Develop and train large language models for various NLP tasks, optimizing their performance for accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Data Preprocessing and Feature Engineering: Work closely with data engineering teams to preprocess and engineer features from large datasets to enhance the performance of Machine Learning models.
• Entity Resolution and Disambiguation: Drive the development of solutions for entity resolution and disambiguation challenges, ensuring robust and accurate identification of entities within unstructured text.
• Collaboration with Cross-functional Teams: Collaborate with product managers, software engineers, and other stakeholders to integrate Machine Learning models into end-to-end solutions.
• Research and Innovation: Stay abreast of the latest advancements in NLP and Machine Learning, and actively contribute to research initiatives to enhance our technology stack.
• Code Review and Mentorship: Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and provide mentorship to junior members of the Machine Learning team.

What We’re Looking For:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Machine Learning, with a focus on NLP.
• Proven experience in information extraction, entity resolution, and entity disambiguation.
• Proficiency in Python and relevant Machine Learning libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
• Experience with deep learning architectures, especially those applied to NLP tasks.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Preferred:

• Master Degree or PhD in computer science or related field
  
• Experience in training and deploying large language models
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms and distributed computing
• Familiarity with modern ML Ops tools such as Modal, Weights and Biases, Sagemaker, etc. 

What You’ll Get:

• Medical, dental, vision benefits
  
• Flexible PTO
  
• 401(k)
  
• Flexible work from home policy
  
• Home office stipend + wifi reimbursement
  
• Employee Assistance Program
  
• Gym reimbursement
  
• Education assistance
  
• Parental Leave
  
• Commuter benefits
  

Our Values:

• Client First —> Listen, and deliver client-centric solutions
• Be An Owner —> Take initiative, improve situations, drive positive outcomes
• Excellence —> Always set the highest standard for yourself and others
• Win Together —> 1 + 1 = 3

Who We Are:

Canoe is reimagining alternative investment data processes for hundreds of leading institutional investors, capital allocators, asset servicing firms and wealth managers. By combining industry expertise with the most sophisticated data capture technologies, Canoe’s technology automates the highly-frustrating, time-consuming, and costly manual workflows related to alternative investment document and data management, extraction and delivery. With Canoe, clients can refocus capital and human resources on business performance and growth, increase efficiency, and gain deeper access to their data. Canoe’s AI-driven platform was developed in 2013 for Portage Partners LLC, a private investment firm.

Canoe is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.