ML Engineer (42544)

I am looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to take ownership of production LLM systems, including chatbot backend, RAG pipelines, and Azure OpenAI integrations. You will also maintain a Scala/Akka legacy system, support a high-volume transcription service, and contribute to an AI orchestration layer. The role requires strong Python backend skills, Scala experience, and hands-on work with LLMs and production ML systems. You will work in a small cross-functional team with full end-to-end ownership of customer-facing services.

🚀 Project
- maintain and develop the LLM chatbot backend, including RAG pipelines and Azure OpenAI integrations
- own the Scala/Akka legacy chatbot, troubleshoot issues and support production operations
- ensure reliability and continued development of a transcription service processing over a million events per week
- contribute to the development of an AI orchestration layer routing requests across different models
- take end-to-end ownership of production systems used by paying customers
- collaborate with product, design and QA in a small cross-functional team

🎯 Skills
- strong Python backend development, ideally with FastAPI or similar async frameworks
- solid Scala proficiency with ability to read, maintain and troubleshoot existing codebases
- experience with Apache Pekko or Akka actor framework
- hands-on experience with LLM integrations, RAG pipelines and prompt engineering
- experience working with self-hosted ML models in production
- experience operating and owning production systems independently
- security-conscious approach to software development
- ability to proactively seek out information and solve problems independently

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