Machine Learning Engineer

Employer:

John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA) Job Site: 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116

Job Title:

Machine Learning Engineer

Develop, build and maintain scalable data pipelines supporting underwriting, analytics, and machine learning systems;
Develop and deploy backend services and microservices to support data ingestion, retrieval, and ML inference workflows;
Deploy, monitor, and maintain machine learning pipelines and backend services in production environments;
Conduct root‑cause analysis of data, model, and pipeline issues and implement corrective solutions;
Collaborate with data scientists, underwriters, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions; and Support production releases and large‑scale batch processing of underwriting workflows.

Hybrid from Boston office (3 days from office, 2 days from home)

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Data Science, Information Studies, Information Science, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a closely related field and 3 years of Python programming experience for backend systems, automation, or machine learning workloads.

Experience must include the following, which may be gained concurrently:

• 3 years of experience using SQL or No
  
  SQL databases including PostgreSQL or MongoDB for data modeling, querying, or pipeline integration.
• 3 years of experience developing or deploying machine learning models using PyTorch or Tensor Flow.
• 3 years of experience building or maintaining backend APIs or microservices using FastAPI or Flask.
• 2 years of experience deploying ML workflows or backend services using AWS or Azure.
• 2 years of experience using containerization and orchestration tools including Docker and Kubernetes.
• 2 years of experience using Git Hub Actions or Team City for Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
• 2 years of experience designing distributed or scalable systems including microservices, load balancing or distributed processing.

Salary: $162,198 per year

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better.

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Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity.

We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals.

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It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment.

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Referenced Salary Location Boston, Massachusetts

Working Arrangement Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between $90,160.00 USD - $ USD

Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training.

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